From: gwesp@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Gerhard Wesp) Subject: [Q] Shrinking partitions? Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 16:41:00 GMT
Hello World!
Is it possible to non-destructively shrink an ext2fs
partition (or any other filesystems)? Suppose, for
example, you are using a swapfile and, as swapping
to a file is rather slow, want to install a swap
partition. But all space on your HD is allocated
to your ext2fs partition. What do you do?
Or: You have your entire HD partitioned for Linux
and suddenly you feel the urgent need to make a trip
to the stone-age and want to re-install MS-DOS (and
of course you don't want to back up your HD because
you don't have a streamer).
Any hints will be appreciated.
-Gerhard
(gwesp@cosy.sbg.ac.at)