oleksandr korneta: >> The goal is to delete the fat32 partition and extend the ext3 partition >> to the whole drive without losing the data. There is no way for me to >> backup this data - it is 200Gb drive. Neither gparted nor qtparted >> cannot handle this task (I assume these are based on the same lib). >> Presumably, parted will fail as well. >> >> Is there any tool for linux (preferably opensource) that is capable of >> accomplishing of this task? Many years ago I had to resize a partition before I could put Linux onto a drive. If I recall correctly, it was a Linux tool called "fips" that did it. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.