Re: [SLUG] Of partitions and re-sizing

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 04 2007 - 19:10:55 EST

On 2/4/07, Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Chuck Hast wrote:
> >
> > > On 2/4/07, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I resized a NTFS partition on my laptop. The HD is a 50G HD, I had it
> > >> > split 27G for XP and 23G for Linux. I resized the NTFS partition to 17G
> > >> > and now want to use the free space for Linux, but I can not access it.
> > >>
> > >> Did you create a new partition for it, or did you resize an existing
> > >> partition (or both)?
> > >>
> > > I resized the NTFS partition, leaving 9G of free space.
> >
> > That free space is on the disk only, not in any partition by default. You
> > need to resize the Linux partition which you want to be bigger, or add a new
> > partition in the free space.
> >
> > -
> That is the funny part, I can not resize any of the other partitions, indeed it
> appears that I have moved my self into a corner....
>
Well, I guess that after you do some of these changes you have to commit
and then reboot the machine, that allowed me to move the linux swap part-
ition down to where I now have the disk as follows:
hda1 = ntfs = 17G
hda2 = fat32 = 2G
hda3 = swap = 1G
Free = Free = 9G
hda4 = Extended = 26.5G
      hda5 -10 reiserfs

When I attempt to either move the extended partition down to to resize it
to include the free space it will now allow me to, qtparted shows it is
available and it even has the 'resize' button available, but it only is to
reduce the size not use the free space. 

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."
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