Re: [PLUG] Using resize2fs

[Mike James <mpjames53@gmail.com>]

usually I boot up my trusty systemrescue CD and use gparted to resize
the partition.

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Sam Gleske <sam.mxracer@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Eric H. Johnson <ejohnson@camalytics.com>
> wrote:
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>> How do I expand the 3.9GB partition to use the remainder of the SD without
>> losing data?
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>
> Reading the man page for resize2fs you just pass the device of the partition
> you want resized.
>
> e.g. resize2fs /dev/sda1 [size]
>
> If size is omitted it just takes up everything.  It's recommended to do it
> on an unmounted filesystem but as of kernel 2.6 (reading from the man page
> on my Ubuntu 12.04 system) supports on-line resize for filesystems mounted
> using ext3 and ext4.
>
> SAM
>
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