How do I resize my debian partition?

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I've seen advice here for resizing, which is fine if you have another linux distribution to work with.

How can I do resize the partition otherwise? Are there any Windows tools for example?

Do you want to resize the partition using the RPi or using another computer? — Alex Chamberlain, Jun 15 '12 at 07:01
just install ubuntu linux in a virtual box on your windows machine :) — Willem van Doesburg, Dec 30 '13 at 12:14

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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The e2fsprogs package can be installed on Windows (via cygwin) and Mac OS X (via MacPorts).

You can then use resize2fs as described in the linked wiki page.

I have not been able to resize the image on the SD card directly under Windows, however you can back up the linux partition to a file (as described in another question), run resize2fs on the file, then restore the enlarged partition from the file back to the partition on the SD card.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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answered Jun 14 '12 at 19:56

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Have you actually tried this? I don't see how it would work on an image file. – Jivings Jun 19 '12 at 09:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 07:18

The easiest thing is to image the OS onto a SD card.

Then using MiniTool Partition Wizard you can very easily change the size of partitions on the SD card.

There is also an option in raspi-config that will set the OS to use the whole of the SD card, if that's what your after

How do I resize my debian partition?

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