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elapointe

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Registered: 2005-03-24

Posts: 39

Resize partition

I need help to resize my / with a empty partition without losing data in /!

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Resize partition

have you looked into qtparted? You won't be able to do it while your in the same partition. I suggest download the arch live cd. It has that utility and you should be able to do it from there.

FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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Re: Resize partition

I did that. Well, I already had the empty partition. I then booted the Arch install CD and did

mkdir -p /mnt/root
mkdir -p /mnt/root2
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/root
mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/root2
cp -av /mnt/root /mnt/root2

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FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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Re: Resize partition

Also, be sure to check if your new partition works: change your bootloader config and /etc/fstab and boot into Linux to make sure if everything still works. After that, it's safe to delete the original / partition.

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i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: Resize partition

Don't forget to make a backup of the most important data first (probably your homedir and /etc).

ZiXon

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Registered: 2005-04-01

Posts: 7

Re: Resize partition

indeed i can advise you to be carefull,
i lost most of my data when using qtparted, parted it self is a very good program doh