tools for moving partitions

[pj at pjb.com.au]

Christopher Moore wrote:
> I have a drive with 4 partitions with a large gap between 2 and 3.
> I want to move 3 and 4 to the left so I can create some extended
> partitions at the end of the drive.
> I've read that gparted can do the job, but it's a graphical tool.

If gparted can do it, then parted should also be able to do it.
man parted  reveals that one of its available commands is  move:
  move partition start end
    Move  partition  so  that  it begins at start and ends
    at end.  Note: move never changes the minor number.

I agree with you about graphical tools :-)

Regards,  Peter Billam

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