-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19/02/15 06:26 PM, o1bigtenor wrote: > snip > >> >> >> Is there a way to partition the drive in a running system? >> >> The only way that I know of is to reboot onto a rescue disk and >> use gparted there to partition the drive. >> > > snip > > > You can use parted on running systems just fine. On older systems, > the drive with the OS will not update the partition table until > you reboot, but repartitioning other drives should be updated fine. > Parted will warn you if a reboot is needed. > > On newer systems, even the drive under the running OS can be > updated without a reboot. > > > I installed gparted using CLI. I can find a preferences file for > gparted (that won't open) but I cannot run the program. I tried > using a number of techniques to start gparted but so far nothing is > working. I am not worried about doing a reboot to a rescue disk > and then doing the work and then rebooting back into Debian testing > but am also trying to use this as a learning opportunity (hopefully > without that being learning how to redo the system as a whole which > I have had to do at least twice since the original install). > > Thanks for your advice! > > Dee
I don't use Debian or gparted, so I can't provide advice. - -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJU5nt+AAoJECChztQA3mh0vQkP/3YHnRAYuAGP36YsBHYAJ+FQ soIFFTyq2OVKGCgH04IoQm30GsrSju5zu3xOCHxbZNiKACgwcabub0mxuZV0DpQV V7XlfToVW0c5q3KK04AKyrjQBWHYX4n/BJFjR+HU0h6FAR+pWsq3282YhgmM1mz9 KLciBx/1FI6P1wjNMPpB5SGE7XDLARtp1G2m1v48q6sWDyRmbUlRXvYX/Vpzacmg NZOPTaGr6ls+HiPs5S/6rPbITpMLZW3EzIURqpr+5OWyJQWCjb12PEAbxdL8WTOX 9cvoWlWitQQppL1FfCuQNAfxMVr1kC9x/Yb25vScUxiKlk2s6Q7PO0sImqe2ok/r Rkw31IiwVL3ULG8ZrNhjSXlM9Nw1ScY9ObfmY1pecpD5n1hC3Aze/Lzf9Y9+y6pJ s82oFzLrti5OIi8uHyQkt2SjRDBj4IoIvHSKgD87ZEZiyoB7rNX3U4LyFHqS18kz KwlTJHPACtE3VmVn07DAp9hCikY1otyXCttQpe8JL63dXY36FplcXpB1K+xVyAAJ ZcOspB3qkvyFD7rkv+P7uZcsvgLpNMR0cHOgmSpZ8hlnoUafXzJWZhZRcvmQ7nOy f/fAGPQwrHjkR6QYATGpN+HPRqkysOCVH5JAFwEv2lD2qrMLbc1/tjylHxQu6Yja zBmgziWlw4Hwj86Xhs9P =StVm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
