[SOLVED] resize swap partition after install

nixIT · 2011-10-11 22:41:00

Hello all,

I've used software on windows in the past, partition magic, to resize windows partitions after install. Is there a way to resize linux partitions after install?

I would like to increase my swap by a little bit, and in order to do so, will need to reduce the size of my ext4 partition.

--nixIT

Last edited by nixIT (2011-10-11 23:04:49)

karol · 2011-10-11 22:47:20

You can use e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gparted-Live to resize. and mkswap (from util-linux package) to create the swap.

nixIT · 2011-10-11 22:49:43

@karol,

Will I lose any data or have to re-install arch?

--nixIT

karol · 2011-10-11 22:51:02

nixIT wrote:

@karol,
Will I lose any data or have to re-install arch?
--nixIT

Unlikely, but you're advised to create a backup of any valuable data, just in case.

nixIT · 2011-10-11 23:04:34

oh yeah, that's cool, always advised when doing stuff like that.

thanx for help, solving thread.

--nixIT

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[SOLVED] resize swap partition after install

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