====== Resize Partition (with preserving data) ====== Steps to resizing partition without losing data PARTNUM=1 MPNAME=/dev/sda # MPNAME1=${MPNAME}${PARTNUM} # # Unmount partition umount $MPNAME1 # Check file system fsck -n $MPNAME1 # fdisk -l $MPNAME1 fdisk $MPNAME # Inside fdisk, do the below # p - print partition table # d - delete said partition # n - create new partition # w - to write changes back # # Check file system e2fsck -f $MPNAME1 # To resize to full partition size resize2fs $MPNAME1 # Get size fdisk -l $MPNAME1 # Remount (assuming this has entry in fstab) mount -a Ref: http://www.htmlgraphic.com/how-to-resize-partition-without-data-loss-part-2-of-3/