From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 303 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at speech; Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:55:37 EDT Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67A2C1A0AD for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2011 23:55:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <30e06f$c2plpt@ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net> X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtkGALZEZE520P6H/2dsb2JhbABChE2UUo8veYFGAQEoMzsDGAICJgI7DimgEI5ckXGELQyBBQSkTQ Received: from ppp118-208-254-135.lns20.hba2.internode.on.net (HELO localhost) ([118.208.254.135]) by ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net with SMTP; 05 Sep 2011 13:20:32 +0930 Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 13:50:35 +1000 From: pj@pjb.com.au To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailer: mail.pl Subject: Re: tools for moving partitions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: pj@pjb.com.au, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:55:38 -0000 Christopher Moore wrote: > I have a drive with 4 partitions with a large gap between 2 and 3. > I want to move 3 and 4 to the left so I can create some extended > partitions at the end of the drive. > I've read that gparted can do the job, but it's a graphical tool. If gparted can do it, then parted should also be able to do it. man parted reveals that one of its available commands is move: move partition start end Move partition so that it begins at start and ends at end. Note: move never changes the minor number. I agree with you about graphical tools :-) Regards, Peter Billam http://www.pjb.com.au pj@pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 "Was der Meister nicht kann, vermöcht es der Knabe, hätt er ihm immer gehorcht?" Siegfried to Mime, from Act 1 Scene 2