> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is 
> > supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems.  
> 
> > fdisk or FIPS can resize partitions but can't grow a file system, so 
> > you would have to backup your data, resize the partition, create a 
> > new filesystem, and restore the backup. Another option is wiping the 
> > root partition and reinstalling Linux from scratch. 
> 
> Which version would this be?  I've read a review of 3.02 which specifically 
> states that Partition Magic can now recognize and move, but _NOT_ resize Linux 
> ext2 partitions.
> 

I guess I remembered incorrectly. I heard back in September that
negotiations were under way to add support for moving and resizing
ext2 partitions but I guess only recognizing and moving were added to
the product.

 - Ian

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