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 http://www.pjb.com.au pj at pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 "Was der Meister nicht kann, verm?cht es der Knabe, h?tt er ihm immer gehorcht?" Siegfried to Mime, from Act 1 Scene 2