FYI- There is a solution posted here that has worked for someone: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-319.html On Sat, 28 May 2005 Rob Myroon wrote : >Thanks for the tips but parted still gave me the same error message. I issued this command to disable journaling > >#tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/sda11 > >And then I unmounted the partition and tried to move it > >#umount /dev/sda11 >#parted /dev/sda move 11 55000 60000 > >Maybe I had to reboot to get parted to notice the partition was no longer ext3? (Or maybe I don't know what I am doing?) > >Anyways, I used the more "brute force" method. I tar'd up the 2 partitions, unmounted, deleted the 2 partitions, recreated both partitions (making one bigger), untar'd the data back, recreated the labels, mounted them, and everything is ok! > >Rob > > > >Raj Kumar wrote: >>you can convert ext3 to ext2 by disabling journal (check tune2fs) and then resize it using parted. Later convert ext2 back to ext3. >> >>I dont know the exact steps but I read this solution few days before but I couldn't find that link now. Hope someone will fill in. >> >>Cheers, >>Raj >> >>On Fri, 27 May 2005 Kueffer,Walter K(PIP - San Diego) wrote : >> >That will work. >> > >> >You also may want to look into using the logical volume manager (LVM). >> > >> >WK >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> > From: rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com] >> >On Behalf Of Rob Myroon >> >Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:59 AM >> >To: rhn-users@redhat.com >> >Subject: [rhn-users] Resizing ext3 partition >> > >> > >> >I want to increase the size of an ext3 partition (/opt) which is the 2nd >> > >> >last partition on the hard drive. The drive has lots of empty space. >> > >> >What is the best way to do this? Use parted? I get this message when I >> >try to move an ext3 partition -> "Filesystem has incompatible feature >> >enabled". I tried posting to the parted mailing list but there was no >> >response. >> > >> >I am starting to think that I should tar the last 2 partitions (sda10 >> >and sda11), delete them both, recreate them both (with sda10 bigger), >> >and untar the data back. >> > >> >Does this sound ok? >> > >> >Rob >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >rhn-users mailing list >> >rhn-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >rhn-users mailing list >> >rhn-users@redhat.com >> >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users >> >> >> >><http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>rhn-users mailing list >>rhn-users@redhat.com >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users <A target="_blank" HREF="http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"><IMG SRC="http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inbox.htm@Bottom" BORDER=0 VSPACE=0 HSPACE=0></a>