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Re: how to resize an extended partition?
From: |
Sven . Hartrumpf |
Subject: |
Re: how to resize an extended partition? |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:01:50 +0200 (CEST) |
On 6 Oct 2003, Uwe Brauer <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden writes:
> > On 5 Oct 2003, Uwe Brauer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-4645.634 megabytes
> > > Disk label type: msdos
> > > Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
> > > 1 0.031 1963.828 primary FAT boot
> > > 2 1963.828 4643.789 extended lba
> > > 5 1963.859 2030.273 logical ext2
> > > 6 2030.304 4444.453 logical reiserfs
> > > 7 4444.484 4643.789 logical linux-swap
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Yes, you did.
> > You cannot move the start of an ext2 file system (see. section 6.1),
> > and shrinking an extended partition without respecting the logical
> > partitions inside will not work.
>
>
> I see, thanks for your answer.
>
> My two last questions, suppose I delete the last logical partion
> (label 7) can I then resize (dimish) the extended partion, by moving
> the starting point but not the end point?
No, because partition 5 sits where it sits.
You need to do more partition moving (and/or cp and rm),
which needs planning and care - and good backups.
> Would it help to use the logical volume manager, from which I just
> have heard the name but otherwise don't know anything about?
Me neither.
Sven
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