On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM > > > > > > I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA > > hard drive - /dev/sda5. > > > > # cfdisk /dev/sda > > ************************************************************** > > ***************** > > sda1 Boot Primary FAT16 [DOS > > ] 2146.80 > > sda2 Primary NTFS [] > > 10001.95 > > sda5 Logical Linux ext3 > > 15002.92 > > Pri/Log Free Space > > 132887.63 > > ************************************************************** > > ***************** > > > > I would like to merge all the extra Free Space (132887.63) as > > shown above into my current Debian partition (/dev/sda5). > > > > How can I do that without having to move all the data and > > reformatting/re-creating partition. > > > > Kushal Koolwal > > Use fdisk (or similar tool) to change the end cylinder of the partition to > the end of the disk. Do not change the start cylinder. Then run > "resize2fs /dev/sda5" to grow the filesystem to take up the rest of the > space. > > Oh, of course make sure you have a backup first. >
Is it possible to resize a mounted partition? If not, then you can use a live cd of gparted. Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
