Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:37:44 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: "Low Kian Seong" <freebsd.low@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you resize an existing partition / slice ? Message-ID: <20060428143744.6cbc52af.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <a6baaade0604281124r5427d593j340d8531a95ab278@mail.gmail.com> References: <a6baaade0604281124r5427d593j340d8531a95ab278@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:24:49 -0500 "Low Kian Seong" <freebsd.low@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Like the subject shows, I would just like to know how do i resize an > existing partition or slice, ermm with minimum loss of data of course. man growfs However, this requires unused space at the _end_ of the partition, which is usually not the case with a root partition. If you're using some sort of volume manager, such as hardware RAID or Vinum, you may be able to do it anyway. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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