>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> Hello, I just used resize_reiserfs to shrink a reiserfs Brian> partition. It worked fine, and df is reporting the device size Brian> that I expected. However, fdisk still reports the old size. How Brian> can I shrink the partition in fdisk so it reports the correct Brian> size, without harming the contents of the device? I'm assuming Brian> that if I simply delete the partition in fdisk, and then Brian> re-create it smaller, my data will be lost. Deleting a partition does not remove the data, nor does creating a new one in the same place. Make sure that the new partition starts at the same place as the old one, and that it's large enough to hold the complete filesystem. Remember to include the space taken by the file system metadata. For Reiserfs, that includes 32 MB for the journal + some more for other structures. Df doesn't include those. Make a backup before doing anything to your partition table. Good luck. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
