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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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