Can `parted` move a partition like `gparted`?
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I saw in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/501410/ that gparted can move a partition in a disk.
Since gparted is said to be a frontend of parted, what is the corresponding command(s) using parted to move a partition anywhere? Sorry, I only know parted has resizepart which only changes the end of a position, instead of moving a whole partition.
Thanks.
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I saw in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/501410/ that gparted can move a partition in a disk.
Since gparted is said to be a frontend of parted, what is the corresponding command(s) using parted to move a partition anywhere? Sorry, I only know parted has resizepart which only changes the end of a position, instead of moving a whole partition.
Thanks.
gparted parted
asked Feb 22 at 13:26
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I saw in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/501410/ that gparted can move a partition in a disk.
Since gparted is said to be a frontend of parted, what is the corresponding command(s) using parted to move a partition anywhere? Sorry, I only know parted has resizepart which only changes the end of a position, instead of moving a whole partition.
Thanks.
gparted parted
asked Feb 22 at 13:26
TimTim
27.8k78269486
I saw in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/501410/ that gparted can move a partition in a disk.
Since gparted is said to be a frontend of parted, what is the corresponding command(s) using parted to move a partition anywhere? Sorry, I only know parted has resizepart which only changes the end of a position, instead of moving a whole partition.
Thanks.
gparted parted
gparted parted
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parted used to be able to move partitions and resize (certain) file systems, but this feature was removed in version 3.0 because it was deemed to difficult to maintain.
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
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Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only usepartednow? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
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I would usegparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
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On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or/booton BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
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parted used to be able to move partitions and resize (certain) file systems, but this feature was removed in version 3.0 because it was deemed to difficult to maintain.
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
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Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only usepartednow? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
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I would usegparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
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On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or/booton BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
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parted used to be able to move partitions and resize (certain) file systems, but this feature was removed in version 3.0 because it was deemed to difficult to maintain.
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only usepartednow? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
2
I would usegparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
1
On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or/booton BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
|
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parted used to be able to move partitions and resize (certain) file systems, but this feature was removed in version 3.0 because it was deemed to difficult to maintain.
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
parted used to be able to move partitions and resize (certain) file systems, but this feature was removed in version 3.0 because it was deemed to difficult to maintain.
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
answered Feb 22 at 13:33
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24402479
176k24402479
Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only usepartednow? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
2
I would usegparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
1
On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or/booton BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
|
show 14 more comments
Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only usepartednow? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
2
I would usegparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
1
On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or/booton BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only use
parted now? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
Thanks. How would you move a partition, if you can only use
parted now? If you can use something else, what would you use for moving a partition?– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:42
2
2
I would use
gparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
I would use
gparted. I avoid partitions anyway, so I never need to move or resize partitions; I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks.– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:46
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
" I use LVM everywhere, and skip partitions entirely on non-bootable disks". (1) Do you not use LVM on bootable disks? Why (2) Do you partition bootable disks? (3) Speaking of that, I'd appreciate if you could also consider unix.stackexchange.com/questions/502305/…
– Tim
Feb 22 at 13:47
1
1
On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or
/boot on BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
On bootable disks, I have whatever partitions are needed to boot the system (such as the ESP on EFI systems, or
/boot on BIOS or U-boot systems), and one big partition occupying all the available space, which is used as a PV in LVM. On non-bootable disks, I use the entire disk as a PV, with no partitions at all.– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 13:51
1
1
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
LVM provides the same level of protection as partitions or any other file system container: file system corruption is limited to a single file system, and one file system running out of free space doesn’t affect others. However any mounted file system is liable to be “messed up” by a program running amok.
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 22 at 15:15
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