>No. You need to shift filesystem content to the beginning of the partitons. > >/bin/dd may help, > dd if=/dev/hda5 bs=1024 skip=<number of 1k block you added at \ > beginning> of=/dev/hda5 > >Use bigger block size if it is possible. > >... I want to test this method first before recommending it for >important data. Even it works, any crash during this operation will >make you reiserfs unconsistent (`reiserfsck --rebuild-tree' should >help with metadata but recovering of unformatted nodes may be a >problem). Using of bigger block size will reduce copying time and the >risk. Check twice what distance you want to shift reiserfs content to ! > >So, it is enough complex and risky operation :( can you try this on >test system ? > Oh, I don't have testing system and I would like to know how can I know <number of 1k block you added at beginning>. But it is so complex to me that I think I will create other partitin, move the data to it, and then create sybolic link to orginal directory.
