[ltp] Q: safe partition resize tool?

[T. Ivarsson]

----- Original Message -----
From: Oleg Sverdlov <oleg@ols.co.il>

> I want to reduce the size of the main partition to create space for=20
> extended partition to install Linux.
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> Is it safe to remove the main partition, and create a new partition?
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> The question is, what tool can you recommend that will make no harm to=20
> hidden partition? Any hints to use Linux utilities? Is 'parted' safe to=
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> use?

At the beginning, I started out with PartitionMagic to resize the XP partit=
ion to make room for Linux. PM is very simple to use, and I believe you won=
't even see the hidden IBM partition.

Recently I resized my /home partition to make room for another one (playing=
 around with LFS). IIRC, QTParted cannot resize an ext3 partition. It can r=
esize other filesystems but not ext3. Instead I used parted which can resiz=
e ext3. It may be that QTParted can see the hidden partition, I'm not sure.=
 parted cannot see the partition (unless you unhide it in BIOS).

T.
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