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Invalid token errors with resizepart

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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: 22167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22167: Invalid token errors with resizepart
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:48:05 -0800

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 04:52:08PM +0100, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to create a single command to increase a single root partition to
> the maximum size. Doing it step by step, I managed to do it interactively
> with:
> >(parted) resizepart 1
> >Warning: Partition /dev/vda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
> >Yes/No? yes
> >End?  [4000MB]? -1s
> 
> When I do it all on a single line, I get an error that -1s is an invalid
> token however:
> >(parted) resizepart 1 -1s
> >Warning: Partition /dev/vda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
> >parted: invalid token: -1s
> 
> I tried other values as well, but it seems the end argument can't be parsed
> properly when it's specified with the initial call or I'm doing something
> wrong. Is there any way to get this to work?

You need to make sure the partition isn't mounted.

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Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)

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