Resizing partition problem

GEEF · 11-18-2004, 06:17 PM

I needed more space in my linux partition so i backed up my partition using part image. Then I resized it and restored the backup. This worked great except That KDE thinks I have 3.4 gigs instead of the new 20 gigs. I go to mandrake control center and it recognizes the new size. So now when i try to install something it says i have insufficient space. How can i fix this without reinstalling KDE??

Thanks in advance.

bigrigdriver · 11-18-2004, 07:05 PM

PartImage documentation tells why Kde doesn't recognize the new partition size.

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The partition to restore must have the same size as the saved partition. If the partition is smaller than the original one, the operation will fail. If it is bigger, space can be lost. You can read the FAQ of this handbook, for more details about this.

PartImage FAQ says this about what to do.

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2.2 Can I restore it to a smaller or bigger partition ? You can't restore to a smaller partition (you will have an error), but it's possible to restore to a lager one. In this case, some space will be lost (I suppose the OS cannot use all the size). Partimage don't have a resize feature, but you can use other tools. I'd like to add this in the future too. It will allow to restore into a smaller or larger partition. Indeed, as Partimage is low level it uses data blocks. So r esizing is possible, but that's a complex feature to implement. With some File Systems made to be easily re-sizable (as NTFS, ext2, ReiserFS), it may be easy, but with FAT, it's hard to do. For example, when resizing from 1,5 GB to 3 GB, you must change FAT16 into FAT32... You can use GNU Parted to do it.

GEEF · 11-18-2004, 07:59 PM

I resized it with QT parted. then used part image to rstore to the new larger partition. KDE says the same size as the old one, but the control center shows it as it should. So it is resized, I formatted it, resized it, then restored it.