[gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread lucas
Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? -- lucas$([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? Yes, you can use resize_reiserfs, included in sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. You will have to unmount it first. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread lucas
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote: lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? Yes, you can use resize_reiserfs, included in sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. You will have to unmount it first. What about the underlying partition, ho

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2004-01-01 Thread Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > What about the underlying partition, how do i resize it without killing the data > on it? You should resize the filesystem first, then change the partition using fdisk by first deleting it and then recreating it. You have to be very careful when doin

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2004-01-01 Thread Lincoln A. Baxter
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 02:29, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote: > lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [snip] > > > What about the underlying partition, how do i resize it without killing the data > > on it? > > You should resize the filesystem first, then change the partition using > fdisk by firs