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On 2015-07-30, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:32:05 +0200, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> Firstly I want to shrink the first partition and secondly it is a |
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>> plain FAT32 partition not ext-something. I did not find a |
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>> "resizefat32" or similiar. |
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> You need fatresize, which doesn't appear to be in portage. The approach |
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> when reducing a partition's size is to first reduce the size of the |
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> filesystem, to slightly less than the final partition size for safety. |
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> Then delete and recreate the partition, with the same starting point. |
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> Finally resize the filesystem to fill the new partition. |
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>> What tools do I need? |
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> The easiest way is probably to use GParted, which does all the hard work |
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> for you, just tell it the new size of the partition. It will also create |
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> the second partition for you, as a bonus. |
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I've read good things about Parted Magic: |
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https://partedmagic.com/ |
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AFAICT, it's a friendly front-end to parted (as is GParted), but also |
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includes some extra abilities like cloning partitions and disks for |
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backup purposes. |
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>> (beside the way to backup the SDcard, reinitialize it, put 2 |
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>> partitions on it and copy back the stuff.) |
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> Given that you should backup any important data before resizing any |
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> filesystem, this may be the easiest method. |
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I've had resize operations go pear-shaped on me. I haven't seen it |
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often, but I wouldn't attempt a resize without a backup copy of the |
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partition involved. |
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