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Subject: > Subject: resizing partiton on FBSD-7.0 amd64
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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?
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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