Re: Resizing root partition

[Szakacsits Szabolcs]

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Philippe wrote:

> I use parted 1.6.5, data are on another partition, / is just for the system
> and i can reinstall it : I had two choices , resizing / partion or reinstall
> the system : this was a test of parted ;-)

Unless kernel level online resizing is supported by the fs you tried to
resize and parted, the way to do this is using one of the several dozens
LiveCD or rescue floppy.

However sure, parted shouldn't have allowed you to resize a mounted
partition.

        Szaka