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Re: resizing ext3.
> My ext3 drive ran out of space.
> How can i resize the partition?
> It looks something like this:
> fat32
> free space (300mb)
> ext3.
> swap.
>
> i tried parted(version 1.4.21) from a bootdisk like this:
> parted /dev/hdc
> resize ext3_minor start_of_free_space end_of_previous_ext3(no need changing).
>
> but i pressed enter and a second later nothing happened and it returned to prompt.
> wrote quit
> rebooted.
> no change.
> what to do?
You can backup the ext3 partition, repartition, reformat and copy the
files from the backup.
Not sure if this will not harm your fat32 partition.
You might be interested in the Hard-Disk-Upgrade mini HOWTO.
Another option is to format the free space and move /, /var, /tmp and
maybe more.
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