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From: Andrew C. <cl...@gn...> - 2002-11-24 21:07:41
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 04:53:17PM +0100, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > > Just thought I'd comment on the situation with Parted. > > If you resize a file system that Parted supports directly, then > > You mean, if one resizes a partition that has a filesystem that Parted > supports directly? yep > > (It's one of the arguments in favour of coupling a fs interface with > > a partition one) > > Definitely. It's not by accident ntfsresize finishes like this, > ----------------------------------------------------------------> > NTFS had been successfully resized on device '/dev/hda1'. > You can go on to resize the device e.g. with 'fdisk'. > IMPORTANT: When recreating the partition, make sure you > 1) create it with the same starting disk cylinder > 2) create it with the same partition type (usually 7, HPFS/NTFS) > 3) do not make it smaller than the new NTFS filesystem size Doesn't it have to be exactly the same size for NTFS? (It does for fat, btw!) > 4) set the bootable flag for the partition if it existed before > Otherwise you may lose your data or can't boot your computer from the disk! > <--------------------------------------------------------------- > > I guess Parted ensures all, right? [you already answered some, yes] yes. Well, (1) no if parted has been misinformed of the CHS geometry. (Motivation: in some cases, Parted will have to change the start, and "keeping the same" isn't a good solution here) Cheers, Andrew |
