shrink /home
Hi, 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 Are steps 1-5 the correct ones? Thanks in advance Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shrink /home
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, restore data, mount it on /home. mkfs will do 2b above, btw. Doesn't save you much, I suppose, but every bit helps. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shrink /home
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]
