Non-destructively resize ext3 on PPC
Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.
joseph_sacco at comcast.net
Sat Jan 8 11:02:53 MST 2005
OK... It's good to know that someone on the list really has used qtpartd
tool extensively.
BTW, I just pulled down qtpartd-0.44 and built it:
global configuration
--------------------
system : "linux"
PREFIX : "/usr"
QTPARTED_LDFLAGS : ""
QTPARTED_LIBS : ""
QTDIR : "/usr/lib/qt-3.3"
Qt translation compiler : "/usr/bin/lrelease"
supported file systems (0=no, 1=yes)
------------------------------------
ReiserFS : 0
Ext2fs/ext3fs : 1
Windows NTFS: : 0
Ibm JFS: : 1
Sgi XFS: : 1
The build was uneventful. There appear to be some problems with the
runtime.
* start application in a terminal window
- application comes up and finds all disks
* select a disk
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
A bug has been detected in GNU parted. Please email a bug report to
bug-parted at gnu.org containing the version (1.6.6) and the following
message:Assertion (!disk->update_mode) at disk.c:322 in function
ped_disk_destroy() failed.
Thoughts???
-Joseph
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On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 12:51, b1smooth at yahoo.com wrote:
> I've used qtparted extensively on M$ boxes and linux
> boxes. Qtparted can resize almost any
> filesystem...ntfs...reiser..fat..ext2/3. It's really
> what you're in the market for. I actually don't backup
> my data(even though it's not wise). I just run the
> prog and expand the partitions as needed. I have yet
> to have any problems such as data loss in the 60 or so
> times I've use it.
>
> B1
> --- "Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D."
> <joseph_sacco at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Looks interesting... What are your experiences with
> > this tool?
> >
> > -Joseph
> >
> >
> ==============================================================
> > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 12:05, b1smooth at yahoo.com
> > wrote:
> > > Use qtparted...gui based and very simple to use.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.en.html
> > >
> > > --- "Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D."
> > > <joseph_sacco at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here's a thought:
> > > > * plug in an external drive [USB, firewire]
> > > > * use the external drive as a backup
> > > > * do whatever you wish to the internal drive
> > > >
> > > > -Joseph
> > > > ==============================================
> > > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 11:08, Cian Duffy wrote:
> > > > > Laptop. Can't fit another HDD.....
> > > > >
> > > > > Cian
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:00:05 -0800, Lewis
> > Coleman
> > > > <Coleman at tscnet.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I would think the question should "Why
> > should
> > > > you resize a partition,
> > > > > > when you can just buy another hard drive
> > (cheap
> > > > enough!!)?". I would
> > > > > > not want to risk losing some of my files by
> > > > resizing a partition (I bet
> > > > > > all the software says "Be sure to back up
> > all
> > > > your files!).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > WAIT!! I know why--Because we are all
> > GEEKS!!
> > > > (I may not resize, but
> > > > > > I do stuff just as dangerous!)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cowardly Lewis
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 07:29 PM,
> > Felix
> > > > Jodoin wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > > > > > Hash: SHA1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You can, with tools from Micromat,
> > > > SubRosaSoft, and FWB (Although
> > > > > > > Partition Toolkit sucked, I bought it and
> > it
> > > > only worked once). I have
> > > > > > > no clue how to use parted.. I kind of wish
> > > > fdisk had partition
> > > > > > > resizing built in.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - -Felix
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 7-Jan-05, at 6:31 PM, Cian Duffy wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Sorry, just realised the reason that
> > > > /sbin/parted wasn't finding
> > > > > > >> anything was I was on OSX. D'oh!
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Has anyone sucessfully used this tool? I
> > > > presume you can't use it on
> > > > > > >> the disk you're running off....
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Cian
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 00:26:39 +0000, Cian
> > Duffy
> > > > <myob87 at gmail.com>
> > > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > > >>> On Intel, you can non-destructively
> > resize
> > > > ext3 partitions. I'd like
> > > > > > >>> to experiment with (OS that shall rename
> > > > unnamed) on my iBook, and
> > > > > > >>> due
> > > > > > >>> to using my OSX pretty heavily, I'd like
> > to
> > > > shave a few gigs from my
> > > > > > >>> YDL partitions. Are there any tools for
> > > > Linux that can be used to do
> > > > > > >>> this, non-destructively?
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> Cian
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>
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