On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:56:27AM -0700, Tupshin Harper spake thusly: > ext2resize to shrink it, followed by an lvreduce to reduce the size of > the partition that the filesystem lives on, but *DANGER* *DANGER* > *DANGER*. Reducing the size of an existing filesystem is inherently > dangerous, so back up, tread with caution, and don't blame me when a > meteorite flattens your house. Inherently dangerous? Nonsense. It should not be inherently dangerous if the resize tool and LVM do their jobs properly. Resizing should be a perfectly safe operation when done properly. > If you are using reiserfs, jfs, or xfs, you are probably out of luck, as > these filesystems don't currently support reduction. reiserfs supports reduction. I have done it many times. I wouldn't be surprised if the others do too but I haven't used them yet. -- Tracy Reed http://copilotconsulting.com
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