> I have a 250GB disk with two partitions: hdc1 (/backup - ext3
> - RAID1) is 12GB and hdc2 (/data - ext3) is 210GB.
> The problem is there's a gap of ~25GB between the two
> partitions. I'd like to expand /data into this extra space.
> Parted will not resize hdc2 because it's ext3; anyone know
> how I could increase hdc2 to use the free space without
> loosing any data?
If you first run tune2fs on the drive it will remove journaling thus
making the filesystem ext2 which parted will resize for you. Afterward
use it again to turn journalling back on. I think it's the same for
Partition Magic but I haven't used that in a few years.
Regards,
Stephen
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