On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 08:59 +0930, Tim wrote: > 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. > > -- fips is a DOS utility but I am glad to hear it appears pn the Linux installation CD 1. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
