Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-17 Thread Jim Klimov
2011-06-17 9:37, Michael Schuster пишет: I'd suggest a somewhat different approach: 1) boot a live cd and use something like parted to shrink the NTFS partition 2) create a new partition without FS in the space now freed from NTFS 3) boot OpenSolaris, add the partition from 2) as vdev to your

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 17 Jun 2011, Jim Klimov wrote: I gather that he is trying to expand his root pool, and you can not add a vdev to one. Though, true, it might be possible to create a second, data pool, in the partition. I am not sure if zfs can make two pools in different partitions of the same device

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
On 17 Jun 11, at 21:14 , Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Fri, 17 Jun 2011, Jim Klimov wrote: I gather that he is trying to expand his root pool, and you can not add a vdev to one. Though, true, it might be possible to create a second, data pool, in the partition. I am not sure if zfs can make two

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-16 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Clive, What you are asking is not recommended nor supported and could render your ZFS root pool unbootable. (I'm not saying that some expert couldn't do it, but its risky, like data corruption risky.) ZFS expects the partition boundaries to remain the same unless you replace the original

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-16 Thread John D Groenveld
In message 444915109.61308252125289.JavaMail.Twebapp@sf-app1, Clive Meredith writes: I currently run a duel boot machine with a 45Gb partition for Win7 Ultimate an d a 25Gb partition for OpenSolaris 10 (134). I need to shrink NTFS to 20Gb an d increase the ZFS partion to 45Gb. Is this possible

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resizing ZFS partition, shrinking NTFS?

2011-06-16 Thread Michael Schuster
On 17.06.2011 01:44, John D Groenveld wrote: In message444915109.61308252125289.JavaMail.Twebapp@sf-app1, Clive Meredith writes: I currently run a duel boot machine with a 45Gb partition for Win7 Ultimate an d a 25Gb partition for OpenSolaris 10 (134). I need to shrink NTFS to 20Gb an d