Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:07:36 +0000 From: "Darko Gavrilovic" <darko@drgnetworks.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: > Subject: resizing partiton on FBSD-7.0 amd64 Message-ID: <720b99aa0807181007j75859141qb97d11c387239e24@mail.gmail.com>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:52:45 -0300 > From: luizbcampos <luizbcampos@gmail.com> > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: resizing partiton on FBSD-7.0 amd64 > Message-ID: <d534d2fe0807170852y14182b4cgc337812816a346ea@mail.gmail.com> > I used all my disk with FBSD and now I need to lower the >partition with no data loss. Does anyone know how to do it? ---- I wonder if one could: - add a 2nd disk and format and make fs and mount - tar up the entire contents of / (everything except / assuming that / is separate slice) to second disk. - blow away 1st disk. re-partition it as desired. - re-install freebsd and then untar what was originally tarred from second disk onto 1st disk. assuming that / is on separate slice. -- with kind regards, dg
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