Re: growfs(8) to lower offset

2018-11-06 Thread Chris Bennett
On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 09:18:27AM -0500, David Higgs wrote: > > As the FAQ entry states, you can use growfs(8) if the empty space > > is after the existing partition, not prior. You can only grow a > > partition "down", never "up". What you want to do would require the > > following steps: > > >

Re: growfs(8) to lower offset

2018-11-06 Thread David Higgs
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:58 AM Bruno Flueckiger wrote: > > On 05.11.18 19:47, David Higgs wrote: > > I read both the FAQ section and the growfs(8) man page but I am not > > yet confident that what I want to do is supported / safe. > > > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#GrowPartition > > >

Re: growfs(8) to lower offset

2018-11-06 Thread Bruno Flueckiger
On 05.11.18 19:47, David Higgs wrote: > I read both the FAQ section and the growfs(8) man page but I am not > yet confident that what I want to do is supported / safe. > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#GrowPartition > > I started with a number of partitions and a bunch of free space. I