[ale] resizing partitions

[jcej at tragus.org (James CE Johnson)]

> Anyone have recommendations/experiences with resizing partitions?  I
> don't have Windows on the machine in question and would prefer a Linux
> tool (ie. not partition magic) unless absolutely necessary.
>
> I will also be resizing different filesystems (reiser, ext2/3, etc.) and
> (of course) wish it to be non-destructive.
>
> Suggestions?

You might want to look at LVM once you have things resized. I have only
two physical partitions on my systems. One is a small boot/root bit. The
other is everything else. I then use LVM to carve that into whatever
virtual partitions I need. Resizing *those* is very easy.

>
> Thanks all,
> Preston

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