<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Stephen Worthington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz" target="_blank">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Resizing partitions with data in them is always hazardous - if you<br>
value the data, you need to back it up first. Which is always a<br>
problem with recordings, as they are usually huge files and need a<br>
huge drive to backup to.<br>
<br>
What I would recommend is when creating a recording partition, use a<br>
separate drive and set the partition to use the entire drive, or at<br>
least all remaining space on the drive. And then never resize it.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've had previous success moving and resizing partitions before, mainly in Windows but also with Linux filesystems, and I think it gave me a false sense of security. The next time I attempt something like this, if I ever attempt it at all, I'll just back up the data beforehand, then just format the newly sized partitions and transfer the files back. This time, I was lazy and I told myself it didn't matter that much. I had seen almost all of the videos and really only lost one that I didn't see. It was really only about 200 GB of files, all standard definition, and most of the reason they were large in size is because the majority were recorded in all their grainy glory with my aging PVR-500. So, I'm fortunate. It could have been much worse.<br>
<br></div><div>I did have to deal with mythbackend and the missing files, but fortunately Raymond's find_orphans.py script helped me out of the woods. I don't see any issues yet.<br><br></div><div>I successfully recorded a show last night, and live tv seems to be working for me as well as it did before.<br>
<br></div><div>Thanks for the advice. I knew I was taking a risk when I clicked the button, but I really should have taken an hour or so to move all those files off beforehand.<br></div></div></div></div>