On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 10:32:20AM +0200, Slawomir Siejka wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 01:40:06AM +0200, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > > What format is that partition? fat can be resized, but ext cannot - > > I wonder what the resize2fs command does, then.... > Man resize2fs: > "The resize2fs program does not manipulate the size of partitions. If > you wish to enlarge a filesystem, you must first make sure you can > expand the size of the underlying partition first. This can be done > using fdisk(8) by deleting the partition and recreating it with a larger > size. When recreating the partition, make sure you create it with the > same starting disk cylinder as before! Otherwise, the resize operation > will certainly not work, and you may lose your entire filesystem." This is exactly the same as with FAT. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
