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Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: reduce partition size. HELP
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2011, ??????? ??????? wrote:

> ????????????, Robert.
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> ?? ?????? 31 ??????? 2011 ?., 5:16:33:
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> RH> =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= writes:
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>>>  Is there any way to reduce partition size on live system?
>
> RH>         No.
> RH>         Basic steps:
> RH>         0) go to single-user; unmount partition
> RH>         1) backup affected partition; test backup
> RH>         2) delete old partition
> RH>         3) create new/smaller partition
> RH>         4) restore from backup
>
> is there a way to goto singe-user through ssh?

Single-user and unmounted partitions are desirable but not required. 
See dump(8) about the -L option.