Online resizing NTFS & ext3

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a running F9 installation where I want to move some free space
> from the NTFS partition to Fedora's.
> 
> Usually I don't even have an NTFS partition to get into this problem,
> and if so I wipe the Linux partitions away, resize the NTFS partition
> and reinstall Fedora/RHEL. Now with F9 doing a resize upon
> installation this is even easier.
> 
> But wiping the Fedora partition isn't an option either in this
> case. So how does one proceed? Which tools are the best for
> 
> o shrinking the inactive NTFS partition (fs & partition!) and
> o enlarging the online ext3 fs & partition?
> 
> Or is this not feasable with ext3 online? Maybe only from a rescue
> disk?
> 
I would consider using gparted - there is a stand-alone CD image 
that you can boot from, thus avoiding the problems of working on a 
mounted file system.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Mikkel
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