Filesystem fun

[Alan Dayley]

Read up on the GNU tool "parted."  It can resize partitions.  However, GO 
SLOWLY and make sure you understand what you are doing.  It will let you 
destroy stuff.

I used it to expand my ext3 and vfat filesystem when I migrated my dual boot 
PC from 12 to 20 gigs.  No reformatting or changes except moving and resizing 
via parted.

Most distros have it.  Boot from your boot floppy or a bootable CD so the 
partitions are not mounted while you mess with them.  And HAVE A BACKUP of 
anything you don't want to loose, just in case.

Alan

On Monday 26 May 2003 10:40, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> More fun from me on filesystems. I am trying to ditched vfat, but as i do
> not have another unix box in the house and do not have the first clue about
> how to get samba working (that will wait for another day) I am copying my 6
> gigs of stuff into a vfat partition, and then copying it into a ext3
> partition.
>
> How do I get me hda2 (ext3, 20 gigs) to eat my hda3 (vfat, 6 gigs) so that
> it is one big hda2 (ext3, 26 gigs)?
>
> Or would this be easier with reiser or xfs?
>
> Thanks for any possible help...
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