Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I need to shrink my /home partition (/home has its own partition in the > system). It is formatted in xfs, so shrink is not supported. In order to > shrink it I am planning to use gparted in the following way: > > 1 - To do a backup of all files in the /home directory, including the > hidden ones. > > 2 - Unmount the partition > > 2 - Erase the partition > > 3 - Create a new partition with the desired smaller size and filesystem > > 4 - Mount it as /home > > 5 - Restore all files from the backup
Is shrink supported in other fs types? If so, do steps 1 & 2, mkfs -t ext[23], shrink it, restore data, mount it on /home. mkfs will do 2b above, btw. Doesn't save you much, I suppose, but every bit helps. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]