How to resize partitions?

[]Unicron[]

Hi all!
I'm using Suse7.0 Prof. My problem is that the size of my /home partition is too small.
I got following partitions on my hd.
hda4: 973MB /usr/local
hda5: 486MB /home
hda6: 372MB /root
hda7: 5713MB /

Is it possible to resize the hd, so that /home gets about 500MB from / so that /home is 1GB, but without losing any data?
If yes, how?

tnx in advance

[bdg1983]

You could try GNU Parted (available at freshmeat.net) as it's supposed to have the same functionality as Partition Magic.

I always create my ext2 and swap partitions with Partition Magic although I've never tried to resize an active Linux partition. You would most likely be safer using Parted than PM.

[MandK_10]

I personally have not used Parted, but I have used Partition Magic 6.0 under Windows to change the size linux partitions and it worked fine.

Mike

[wing]

I also think PQmagic is a powerful tool for partition management and I always use 6.0 for DOS (because 6.0 for Windows sometimes canot activate what I want). It is reliable and I really like it. But one day after I used it to resize my Linux partition something strange happened: the Linux partition could not be recognized by PQmagic! I entered Linux and use 'fdisk' command and found that the type of my Linux partition was changed from 83 (Linux native) to 93 (Amoeba). I really have no idea about how can it happen. And what is a Amoeba partition? I know nothing about it.

[Silent Bob]

Originally posted by MandK_10:
<STRONG>I personally have not used Parted, but I have used Partition Magic 6.0 under Windows to change the size linux partitions and it worked fine.

Mike</STRONG>

I also did that once but it killed my linux partitions :(

[]Unicron[]

thx ppl for your response, i'll try out parted in the next few days, and i'll report here :)

[evulish]

Just use MS fdisk. Turn em all into fat32 partitions. WINDOWS RULES(#&$(&#$(*&#(*&#$(*&#$ :)

[Evil Jeff]

To resize an ext2 partition, you need to resize the filesystem first, then resize the partition (no, they aren't the same thing). You need to have a program rearrange the inodes and superblocks, then resize the partition. PQMagic 6.0 might have that functionality, all I have is 5.0, and I have never used parted. No advice here.

Evil Jeff
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[jumpedintothefire]

I used PQ5 to resize ext2 partitions, but it blew out lilo. I booted with a floppy, and ran lilo, reboot and all was well

just my 2cents worth, your results may vary

[Fondor]

A good partition and OS manager that I have used is System Commander. Unfortuanately it costs money. Try Freshmeat.net if you wanna save some money.