fatresize — Resize an FAT16/FAT32 volume non-destructively

Author

       This manual page was written by Philippe Coval rzr@gna.org for the Debian system  (but  may  be  used  by
       others).   Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses/GPL-3.

                                                                                                    FATRESIZE(1)

Bugs

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

Description

       This manual page documents briefly the fatresize

       This  manual  page  was  written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a
       manual page.

Examples

       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.

Name

       fatresize —     Resize an FAT16/FAT32 volume non-destructively

Options

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with  long  options  starting  with  two  dashes
       (`-').  A summary of options is included below.  For a complete description, see the Info files.

       -h--help
                 Show summary of options.

       -s--size
                 Resize volume to SIZE[k|M|G|ki|Mi|Gi] bytes or "max"

       -i--info
                 Show volume information

       -p--progress
                 Show progress

       -q--quiet
                 Be quiet

       -v--verbose
                 Verbose (not version)