Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-23 Thread Ian Burrell
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is > > supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. > > > fdisk or FIPS can resize partitions but can't grow a file system, so > > you would have to backup your data, resize the partition, cre

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-23 Thread Ian Burrell
> > Ian Burrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:31:42PM -0700: > > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is > > supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. > > No it isn't, nor has it ever, nor will it ever. I don't know where you > heard this from

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-23 Thread Rick Forrester
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is > supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. > fdisk or FIPS can resize partitions but can't grow a file system, so > you would have to backup your data, resize the partition, create a > new f

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-23 Thread Scott McDermott
Ian Burrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:31:42PM -0700: > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is > supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. No it isn't, nor has it ever, nor will it ever. I don't know where you heard this from but it's wrong.

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Norma Thompson
This is slightly to the left of the subject but---What were the "growable" partitions all about when I set up my partitions in Disk Druid, RH5.0? -Original Message- >> >>From: -kLicK >>ICQ UIN - # 2101942 >> >> How would I go about changing my / partition size? snip >> >From: Ian Burre

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Ian Burrell
> > How would I go about changing my / partition size? I want to take about > 300MB off my msdos partition and add it to me / partition. > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. fdisk or FIPS can resize partitions

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Scott McDermott
Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 01:20:37AM -0500: > You cannot add to the / partition to make it larger. Indeed. Linux needs something like the AIX chfs and related stuff. -- Scott -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.re

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Vidiot
>On 22-Apr-98 kLicK wrote: >> How would I go about changing my / partition size? I want to take about >> 300MB off my msdos partition and add it to me / partition. > >I did a similar thing when I dumped dos. I simply reformatted the partition >as ext2, moved a directory to it, added it to fstab a

RE: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Maxwell Smart
On 22-Apr-98 kLicK wrote: > How would I go about changing my / partition size? I want to take about > 300MB off my msdos partition and add it to me / partition. I did a similar thing when I dumped dos. I simply reformatted the partition as ext2, moved a directory to it, added it to fstab and le

Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-21 Thread kLicK
How would I go about changing my / partition size? I want to take about 300MB off my msdos partition and add it to me / partition. -kLicK ICQ UIN - # 2101942 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-