[Gllug] Change size of ext3 partition?

[Jim Bailey]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:33:42PM +0100, Nix wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Xander D. Harkness stipulated:
> > Dylan wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> Is it possible to change the size of an ext3 partition? If so, what package do I need?
> >> Cheers
> >> Dylan
> > I am not sure whether parted works directly on ext3; however you can treat it as ext2 and create a journal afterwards :-)
> 
> parted can handle it.
> 
> But if you want to go totally OTT, stick LVM on there, move back to
> ext2, and apply the ext2 online resizing patch.
> 
> Bingo, you now can resize partitions and the filesystems in them
> *without unmounting them*.

Cool, but if you want to go really totally OTT go straight to EVMS. ;)

Peace Jim

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