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Why not just use gparted to move the partition instead? Just three steps 1. Shrink the main partition 2. Move the main partition to the right, leaving free spa
by simcop2387 3y ago
Why not just use gparted to move the partition instead? Just three steps
1. Shrink the main partition
2. Move the main partition to the right, leaving free space between it and /boot
3. Resize /boot to fit into the newly freed space
That's what I did at one point to make my /boot 2gb or so, haven't had issues since.
- justinclift 3y agoDoes moving the main partition like that have potential weirdness with some filesystems, or does this gparted approach rewrite the entire partition to a new (offset) location?
- simcop2387 3y agoI've never ran into anything weird, since it moves the whole partition's address rather than the filesystem within the partition or anything like that.
- orra 3y agoYes, that works, but I didn't suggest it because it's riskier and takes way longer. The whole filesystem has to be moved, instead of just the excess data. Although this is usually successful, my advice would be: don't have a power outage if you're moving the whole filesystem.