Are you able to boot something like grml on the system in question, and enter needed boot parameters to get the ssh server going? Down sizing the partition on a running system can't be done as far as I know. Greg On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 08:56:00PM -0500, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > Hi, > Using CLI only via SSH, how do I shrink the partition of a running Ubuntu > without losing data? > I want to unallocated any free space so I can install another system. > > Thanks > > Glenn > > -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx