How resize partition?

alikas · 2006-09-22 11:26:18

I want resize partition there is instaled Arch Linux. Qtparted and Gparted not resize this partition and show lock.

chrismortimore · 2006-09-22 11:55:25

Give some more information. What is the filesystem type, do you want it bigger or smaller, what is your process for actually resizing it, etc? And did you remember that you can't resize a mounted partition?

Moo-Crumpus · 2006-09-22 13:00:58

I would advice you to use the gparted live cd.

alikas · 2006-09-22 16:44:56

I want resize and make smaller partition, and use free space to install other Linux.
I try and with Puppy Linux, live CD, with Gparted resize, but not possible resize, maybe need again try...

alikas · 2006-09-23 04:11:56

root@2[/]# parted /dev/hda
GNU Parted 1.6.9
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Using /dev/hda
Warning: Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didn't have
the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore,but ignoring may cause
(fixable) problems with some boot loaders.
Ignore/Cancel? i
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-39083.625 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags
1 0.000 32.484 primary ext2
2 32.484 288.914 primary linux-swap
3 288.914 39083.625 primary ext3
(parted) resize 3 288.914 38000
No Implementation: This ext2 filesystem has a rather strange layout! Parted
can't resize this (yet).
(parted)

chrismortimore · 2006-09-23 11:50:37

Try:

umount /dev/hda3
e2fsck -f /dev/hda3
resize2fs -p /dev/hda3 37711M

That will reduce the partition by 1G, as you want parted to do.

alikas · 2006-09-24 09:58:15

Thanks, but I already resize partition.

chrismortimore · 2006-09-24 10:48:07

alikas wrote:

Thanks, but I already resize partition.

Then surely there is no problem...

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#1 2006-09-22 11:26:18

How resize partition?

#2 2006-09-22 11:55:25

Re: How resize partition?

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