/home resize

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Guest · #1 Post by **Guest** » 2006-02-20 08:08

I want to install another OS, but I don't want to have to erase my current install which is taking the entire hdd. Is there a way that I can resize my /home partition which is ext3 to free some space? It has 55 GB free.

shams · #2 Post by **shams** » 2006-02-20 13:47

do:
apt-get install gparted
run gparted and resize your home partition.

Guest · #3 Post by **Guest** » 2006-02-20 16:29

it can be run while /home is mounted?

Guest · #4 Post by **Guest** » 2006-02-20 16:37

i couldn't find gparted, but I did find parted. It said the partition had to be unmounted. How do I go about this?

domecq · #5 Post by **domecq** » 2006-02-20 23:02

You need a boot disk.

For details and other instructions, refer to this page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manu ... .html#SEC8

Cheers,

domecq

shams · #6 Post by **shams** » 2006-02-20 23:24

it will be better to use some live cd and do the work.

jspeybro · #7 Post by **jspeybro** » 2006-04-19 08:27

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Red · #8 Post by **Red** » 2006-04-22 15:55

http://packages.debian.org/testing/gnome/gparted