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* Meino.Cramer@×××.de <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> [150730 14:32]: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have a SDcard of this layout: |
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> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags |
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> 1 4194kB 32.0GB 32.0GB primary fat32 lba |
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> There are about 11 GByte of data on it. |
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> The final result should be a SDcard with two partitions. |
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> First a FAT32 with about 20GByte and a second with 10GByte |
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> (ext4). |
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> I took a look at parted and the resize command, which sounds |
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> a little cryptic to me: |
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> resizepart partition end |
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> Change the end position of partition. Note that this does not modify any |
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> filesystem present in the partition. |
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> One should use resize2f for that purpose. |
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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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> What tools do I need? |
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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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> How can I acchieve what I want? |
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> Thank you very much in advance for any help! |
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> Best regards, |
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> Meino |
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Hi Meino, |
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The "difficulty" with shrinking partitions is that you need to shrink |
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the filesystem in the partition first and then change the partition |
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information (which you can then do if you're careful with your favorite |
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partition tool.) |
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There are definitely tools to do this and I'm surprised parted says it |
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doesn't touch the filesystem in the partition (but that might have been |
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a recent parted change?) |
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Personally, since you're going to play around with the partitions and |
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resizing existing filesystems, you should really have a backup. |
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If you're going to have a backup then the easiest thing to me is to |
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create new partitions and then filesystems and then restore from the |
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backup. |
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However, if you really want to live dangerously, the last gparted boot |
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disc image I used could shrink FAT32 filesystems and partitions. You |
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might want to see if it still can do so. |
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Good luck! |
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Todd |
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