On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:24:17 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:

> However, GParted apparently does. Can GParted move an ext4 filesystem
> to a destination location that overlaps its starting location?
> 
> For example, I have a 500GB partition containing an ext4 filesystem
> starting at sector 2048 (1MiB). I want to move that filesystem so that
> it starts at sector 3*2048 (3MiB).
> 
> Can that be done in-place?
> 
> Or should I just back up the filesystem to a second drive and start
> from scratch?

Given that you'd want to backup before such an operation anyway, you may
as well then restore from that backup. I'm sure it will be a lot quicker
than GParted's moving all the data around.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

He who laughs last thinks slowest!