Partitions

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage <kpschrage at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 13.03.2014 17:20, schrieb Hunter Jozwiak:
>> Okay, found it. Now, it says that it is at 20006 megabytes, which I am
>> assuming is it's size. But, I can't move the number upwards to give it
>> more room. I went to the correct partition, clicked resize/move, and
>> that's where I found the current size. Is it because I am booted in to
>> Fedora that I can't modify the size?
> 
> Are you sure that there is any free space available below or above the partition in question? Otherwise you won't be able to resize.

Right.

And technically all file systems resize from freespace after the volume (from the end), not the start.

To do a resize from the start first involves moving the volume blocks, a potentially risky adventure if it fails in progress, and then resizing from the end per usual.


Chris Murphy