s. keeling wrote: > 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, What's the sense in shrinking an empty partition? Just make the partition the size you need it, and then format it. I.E. 1.-5. as you did propose.
Till > restore data, mount it on /home. mkfs will do 2b > above, btw. Doesn't save you much, I suppose, but every bit helps. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]