Waye-Ian CHIEW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm presently trying to shuffle and resize several partitions on a
> disk device without losing data.
>
> Can the ext2fs resize itself?
> That is, can the filesystem shrink or grow in size to accommondate a
> resized partition? Is there a tool to do this?
None that I know of.
> Can the ext2fs move itself? If the whole filesystem is moved up or
> down (relative to the start of the partition), will it still work?
Don't move the filesystem relative to the partition, move the
partition instead. All operation of a filesystem are done relative to
the partitions start so a relocation within the partition will not work.
If you have some free space or an unused partition you can use either
tar or cp (with the -a parameter) to copy your partitions around, make
room for bigger ones, format them and restore the contents of the
partition back. BE CAREFUL and if you can create a full backup use
your chance.
Torsten
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