I believe you can easily convert a ext3 partition into an ext2 partition by removing the journal:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-filesystem-ext2-revert.html
Then proceed with your resize and add the journal back again later...
Cheers, Raman
I took a look at this, and it seems to be a good solution, *except* that my root partition (containing /sbin, etc) is the one I want to resize:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 4482820 3768508 486592 89% / /dev/sda2 101086 7923 87944 9% /boot none 128028 0 128028 0% /dev/shm
I am assuming that once I execute umount /dev/sda3, I will no longer be able to use /sbin/tune2fs or /sbin/e2fsck (or maybe anything at all; I've never tried unmounting the root partition).
Is there any sort of way to get around this? Suppose I created a temporary directory on another partition and copied the necessary tools there, could I execute them from there?
Thanks,
Shane
