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Resize FAT partitions using libparted

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Compilation
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Requirements:
 - autoconf >= 2.5
 - parted >= 1.6.24
 - e2fsprogs (uuid) >= 1.30

From tarball:
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Just run configure script with neccessary parameters

From CVS:
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You need /usr/share/aclocal/parted.m4 file from parted distribution.
Run autoreconf -fisv and then run configure script


Using
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fatresize [options] device (e.g. /dev/hda2, /dev/evms/sda3)
    -s, --size SIZE    Resize volume to SIZE[k|M|G|ki|Mi|Gi] bytes or max
    -i, --info         Show volume information
    -p, --progress     Show progress of resizing
    -q, --quiet        Be quiet
    -v, --verbose      Verbose mode
    -h, --help         Display help screen

Example:
fatresize -s 2G /dev/evms/hdb2
fatresize -q -s max /dev/hde6
fatresize -i /dev/hdg3

Size and device is required to run.
You can resize device-mapped partitions, e.g. EVMS partitions.


Note
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You can't resize FAT32 partition lesser than 512Mb because Windows(R) doesn't
work properly with small FAT32 file system. Use FAT16.


Please report bugs to Anton D. Kachalov <mouse at ya dot ru>

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Resize FAT partitions using libparted

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