resize ext3 filesystem

DaWallace · 01-28-2005, 11:11 AM

yep.. don't know how to do it.. I've done it with reiser before but never ext2/3
and I don't really feel like googling my head off today..

I have a 15 gig slack partition on an 80 gig disk.... I just got it.. but since I copied the filesystem bit for bit from an 8 gig disk the fs is still 8 gigs and.. I'm lacking a comfortable amout of free space.. and on top of that I HATE not having free space available to me..

Matir · 01-28-2005, 11:29 AM

look into parted. parted is your friend.

DaWallace · 01-28-2005, 11:32 AM

I was thinking of a simpler way.. but.. yeah.. I'll get around to that..

keefaz · 01-28-2005, 11:34 AM

[edit]
I was too slow

Berhanie · 01-28-2005, 12:48 PM

"resize2fs /dev/hda2" will enlarge the filesystem on /dev/hda2 to the size of the entire partition.

almahdi · 01-28-2005, 01:49 PM

never forget running fsck after resize2fs...

DaWallace · 01-29-2005, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Berhanie
"resize2fs /dev/hda2" will enlarge the filesystem on /dev/hda2 to the size of the entire partition.

THAT's what I was looking for... thanks..

jaseka · 10-10-2007, 05:51 AM

Is it working fine ? Really ? Please confirm

duryodhan · 10-10-2007, 06:15 AM

But how did you increase size of partition ?

Edit : got it sorry ... should not post before rtfm