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crashgen
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: resize ext3 partition |
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Hi
I would like to know if is secure to resize my ext3 linux root partition with partition magic.
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HeissFuss
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Why can't you boot into a LiveCD for that? |
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crashgen
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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I want to resize because I need to increase the size of my backup partition and I dont want to put at risk my data.
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HeissFuss
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Boot into a LiveCD and user resize2fs (after reading its man page of course.) By default it will resize to fill the underlying partition. Otherwise you have the option of specifying the exact growth size. It's safe to use on a live mounted partition. |
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crashgen
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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ok thanks i'll try that way  |
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