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From: Arumugam B. <bal...@ya...> - 2002-10-30 13:24:48
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Hi Szaka --- Szakacsits Szabolcs <sz...@si...> wrote: > > Hi Bala, > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Arumugam Balamurugan wrote: > > Cluster size : 4096 > Current volume size: 1419744 clusters (5545 MB) > New volume size : 731649 clusters (2858 MB) > [...] > > ==> NTFS had been successfully resized on device > /dev/sda2. > > ==> Now you can go on to resize/split the > partition. > [...] > > I restarted the box and booted into 'Windows 2000 > > Professional', the drive is shrunk to 2687MB > approx, > > but the 'Windows Disk Administrator' is showing > the > > original size (5545MB). What could be the problem? > > Resizing a filesystem basically takes two steps. > > If you shrink a device/volume: > - shrink the filesystem (e.g. using ntfsresize) > - edit/shrink the partition the filesystem is on > (e.g. using fdisk) > > If you enlarge a device/volume you must do the > opposite way: > - edit/enlarge the partition the filesystem is on > (e.g. using fdisk) > - enlarge the filesystem > > ntfsresize works just like any other filesystem > resizer: it doesn't > resize the disk partition itself, only the > filesystem. I copy-paste > the relevant parts from the ext[23] resize2fs > manual, just replace > resize2fs with ntfsresize and you get what I mean: > > "The resize2fs program does not manipulate the size > of partitions. If > you wish to shrink an ext2 partition, first use > resize2fs to shrink > the size of filesystem. Then you may use fdisk(8) > to shrink the size > of the partition. When shrinking the size of the > partition, make sure > you do not make it smaller than the new size of the > ext2 filesystem!" > > In short, you're half done and everything looks ok > so far but you need > to edit the partition table as well, shrinking > /dev/sda2. The new > partition size must be minimum 2996834304 bytes > (cluster size * number > of clusters), e.g. you could use 2859 MB (2858 + 1) > as the new disk > partition size. > > Of course the most convenient way would be using > 'parted' that takes > care about these lower level issues but it doesn't > support ntfs resize > yet [most importantly because e.g. ntfsresize misses > some issues that > are needed for integration]. > > Szaka > Thanks for your detailed help. I recreated the partition /dev/sda2 with the same starting cylinder, but with the size of 2860MB, using fdisk. It works. Best regards Bala __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ |
