Merge physical and logical partitions

Question

How do I extend my physical arch partition with an unallocated space logical partition?
I want to add an unallocated space logical partition to a physical partition
or better said I want to grow my existing arch physical partition with the unallocated space logical partition.
Last edited by karlzt (2010-03-20 15:50:31)

Answer 1

It is not that easy. You can resize and/or move either physical partitions or locical partitions inside the space of the (physical) "extended partition". But you cannot simply take space from a logical partion and assign it to a physical partition adjacent to the extended partition it is part of. Which means you can extend a physical partion only from free space which you can produce by a prior shrinking/moving another adjacent physical partition.
The problem is, I currently know of no way to shrink an extended partition without losing some of the enclosed logical partition data (or even all logical partions at once). One could try, as a proper backup is advisable in any case before messing around with partitions.