http://www.tenshu.net/archives/2007/07/11/hacky-root-partition-resizing/ Pondering the mystery... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.tenshu.net/archives/2007/07/11/hacky-root-partition-resizing/#comment-20 cmsj Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:38:01 +0000 http://www.tenshu.net/archives/2007/07/11/hacky-root-partition-resizing/#comment-20 For what it's worth, to do such a root fs shrinking, you should first run e2fsck -f /dev/<em>partition</em>. Then do resize2fs -p <em>/dev/partition</em> <em>X</em>G. Then fdisk <em>/dev/disk</em>, delete the partition and make a new one with the same size (or slightly larger if you're not feeling daring) as the filesystem you shrunk. For what it’s worth, to do such a root fs shrinking, you should first run e2fsck -f /dev/partition. Then do resize2fs -p /dev/partition XG. Then fdisk /dev/disk, delete the partition and make a new one with the same size (or slightly larger if you’re not feeling daring) as the filesystem you shrunk.

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