On Wednesday August 13 2003 10:35 am, Haywiremac wrote:
> On 13 Aug 2003 12:27:37 +0100
>
> Douglas Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > Can you shrink partitions in place?
>
> actually, I am curious about this myself. I stupidly divided my
> 60 GB drive into 30/30 for / and /home, but I would now like to
> shrink the / partition since I need nowhere near 30 GB for the
> system.
>
> any thoughts Tom? I don't see any options in MCC for this...
Partitions can be shrunk. The tool would depend on the FS. BUT
you'd still need to backup all data, 'cause it's a risky business.
Better to delete partitions and re-create them. In Douglas' case
this is necessary since they need to be re-formatted anyhow.
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