Resizing partitions via a command line doesn't have to be complicated.

Loading up virtual machines is an easy to accomplish task, but configuring them properly is an ongoing balancing act. It’s very likely that in a virtualized environment you will over/under provision ...

Partiton Magic "should" do what you want, it does work with ext3 not just ext2. Ive used it before to resize & move linux partitions with out any problems, so you should be fine.

GParted Live is a tiny live CD image that can copy, move, and resize partitions. It can be a lifesaver – but not for i686 any more.… Version 1.70-8 was released over the weekend. It's a live bootable ...