Using Gparted

[Jim]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sda1   *           1         510     4096543+  83  Linux
>> /dev/sda2             511         854     2763180   83  Linux
>>
>> This computer has one of those SSD drives in EEEpc
>> The harddrive has been partitioned with a  / and /home ext3 by FC9 
>> and operating system is installed.
>> I split the 8gb SSD harddrive in half, equal to two partitons and now 
>> I find  /  needs more space than  /home.
>> I took 1gb away with Gparted from /home and it is now "unallocated" I 
>> want give that 1gb  , to   /
>>
> You will need to move the /home partition to the end of the disk 
> before you can add the space to the / partition. The problem is that 
>  the free space is now at the end of the disk, so you can not add it 
> to the first partition. (It could be done if you were using LVM for /.)
>
> Mikkel
So I would have to reinstall and set my partitions to the sizes I want, 
That's a shame I had a good clean install and
 now I have to hope I get as lucky on a new install.

Well as the Marines say, "War is Hell, but Peace Time is a SOB"