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Subject: reduce partition size. HELP
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=?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= writes:

>  Is there any way to reduce partition size on live system?

	No.
	Basic steps:
	0) go to single-user; unmount partition
	1) backup affected partition; test backup
	2) delete old partition
	3) create new/smaller partition
	4) restore from backup


				Robert Huff