>>>>> "burningclown" == burningclown  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

burningclown> Unfortunately, the
burningclown> partition I want to resize (/dev/hda3) is the one where
burningclown> parted is installed -- when I run parted and try to
burningclown> resize /dev/hda3, I get a warning telling me that the
burningclown> partition is in use.

burningclown> Is this warning safe to ignore? I'm real doubtful. The

No. Never ignore that warning!

You will have to create a boot disk to resize that partition. IIRC,
there is a pre-made image available from the parted website. You could
try that one. (Since you have an IDE disk, it should work.)

If it doesn't work, you *will* have to create your own boot disks.

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