Somehow I managed to install a server with misaligned partitions.
fdisk says:
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/xvda1 2 2095151103 2095149056 999G 83 Linux
/dev/xvda2 2095153150 2097149951 1996802 975M 5 Extended
/dev/xvda5 2095153152 2097149951 1996800 975M 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Consequences:
- my partitions are misaligned so I fear the performance penalties
- grub has no place to be installed (I realized this problem on the last update, where I saw the error message)
My question:
Can I somehow repair this without loosing data?
(my system is installed and configured and some software installed, I would loose like 3 days of work if I had to reinstall)
My system:
- Debian 11
- running as a vServer at my hosting provider
- no LVM or raid
I already searched for solutions. Basically I would have to move the whole partition to the right, correct?? (with a 1TB disk, I have more than enough disk space for such experiments). Looks like fdisk cant do that. Some people say gparted, but I have no GUI on the system, some say parted, but others say the 'move' option was removed from newer parted versions. Maybe sfdisk?
Any help would be appreciated, or just say I must reinstall, so I dont waste even more time. Thanks
