Partition problem

[Karl Larsen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>>     I have never tried to damage anyone, period. 
>>     
>
> I'm absolutely certain that's true - but you don't read questions and then
> you give advice - that you've never tested yourself - based on
> misunderstandings and THAT is damaging.
>
>   
>>     You read into things what you want. 
>>     
>
> What I WANT is to not have to keep watching for you to give awful advice to
> people who don't know better.
>
>   
>>     If your not going to tell me you have used parted to 
>> change the size of a Extended partition tell me nothing!
>>     
>
> I have actually.  It's trivial.  Changing the size of an extended partition
> is no different from changing the size of a primary or logical partition.
>
>  resize NUMBER START END
>
>   
    This is excellent! You have never tried to change the size of a 
Extended partition and you just gave me bad advice :-)

    As it happens parted will not change a Extended partition even 
though there is 100 GB of free space.

    You chew me out for giving users bad advice and then you give ME bad 
advice!

Karl


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