[ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the
> data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without
> affecting an existing system.  It is always wise to ensure backups are
> up to date before embarking on this sort of operation however.  One
> never knows when one is going to hit the wrong key or click the wrong
> partition.  Also I imagine that granny tripping over the power lead in
> the middle of moving a partition might be unfortunate for the data
> integrity as well as granny. Colin
But that wouldn't work with the swap partition, would it? I can't just
unmount that, move it down the disk, and mount it again?