On the new server that I had, there are 12GB that are unassigned for some reason.<br>Perhaps this is due to even number boundaries, or something.<br><br>The current state is like this (from parted)<br><br>Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB<br>
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B<br>Partition Table: msdos<br><br>Number Start End Size Type File system Flags<br> 1 32.3kB 988GB 988GB primary ext3 boot <br> 2 988GB 1000GB 12.1GB extended <br>
5 988GB 1000GB 12.1GB logical linux-swap <br clear="all"><br>In fdisk, it is like so:<br><br>Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes<br>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<br>
Disk identifier: 0xsomething<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>/dev/sda1 * 1 120134 964976323+ 83 Linux<br>/dev/sda2 120135 121601 11783677+ 5 Extended<br>
/dev/sda5 120135 121601 11783646 82 Linux swap / Solaris<br><br>I don't want to repartition the disk and spend several hours backing up and <br>restoring the file system (which is only 100GB, but still ...)<br>
<br>So the question is: is there a way to somehow append the 12GB that are<br>assigned to /dev/sda1, and end up with only 2 partitions (1 and 5)?<br><br>If this can be done at the partition level, would ext3 need to know about that<br>
extra space, or will it use it without issues?<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
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