Re: Feature request

[Timshel Knoll]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 04:41:48PM +1100, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> Timshel Knoll wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just a request for a feature in parted:
> > 
> > I'm wanting to resize a partition without resizing the filesystem within
> > it. Could a command like resizepart or similar be added to parted which
> > simply resizes a partition? The only other way I've found to do this is
> > to delete a partition and then add one with the new size, starting at the
> > same location.
> 
> Maybe this should be part of some "expert" mode?  I'm nervous about
> adding this for the uneducated users out there...
> 
> Added to TODO.
> 
> Andrew Clausen

Maybe `cylinder' and `sector' options could be added to `expert' mode
too? Just a suggestion for those of us out there who like using obscure
numbers to partition their disks. :)

Thanks,

Timshel

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