Bug#379290: [Parted-maintainers] Bug#379290: parted: request for ability to resize an extended partition

[Otavio Salvador]

zero79 <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> writes:

> Package: parted
> Version: 1.6.25.1-3
> Severity: wishlist
>
> hello, i am attempting to reconfigure my hard drive and need to resize
> my extended partition.  parted is currently incapable of this operation.
> if i do "rezize 4 8GB 20GB" i get the error message "Error: can't have
> overlapping partitions."
>
> this is a formal request for parted to support extended partition move
> and resize operations.
>
> please pass this message upstream if that makes the most sense.
>
> thank you for your consideration.

You should provide more information to us otherwise we can't see if
it's a bug or not. Please include your partition layout.

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