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How to Resize Partition without Data Loss – Part 1 of 3
This article is about resizing ext3 partitions without losing data. It shows how to shrink and enlarge existing ext3 partitions and how to merge two ext3 partitions. This can be quite useful if you do not use LVM and you…
How to Resize Partition without Data Loss – Part 2 of 3
3 Enlarging An ext3 Partition
In this example we have a /dev/sda1 partition with about 6GB of size, and right behind that partition we have about 4GB of unused space. We want to add those 4GB of unused spave to…
How to Resize Partitions without Data Loss – Part 3 of 3
4 Merge Two ext3 Partitions
In this example I have my system partition /dev/sda1 again (about 6GB of size) which is followed directly by the partition /dev/sda3 (about 4GB of size) on the hard disk. /dev/sda3 is mounted to the…
Adding New Hard Drives in Linux
Adding New Drives
There are many reasons why you would need to add a new drive to your Linux box. You might have out-grown your current space limitations, or you may want to add a separate drive for a specific…