>According to the man page for ext2online, no:
>It is only possible to enlarge a mounted filesystem.  It is  possible  to
 use
>ext2resize(8)  to  shrink  and  enlarge  an unmounted  filesystem.

OK, thanks. I understand why reducing is much harder than extending. I was
just hoping there was a magic wand.
So what is the best way of reducing the size of an ext3 filesystem then?
Mount the disk on another Linux system and copy to a new, smaller
filesystem? Or can this be done on the Linux system itself?
Where can I find some information on the steps to go about doing this, as
I'm no Linux guru?

Regards,
Fred Schmidt
Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS)
Data Centre Services (DCS)
Northern Territory Government, Australia

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