Marco Parrone wrote: > > ... > > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > > What software should I use? > ... > > i think you should use parted, but i've never used it, > and i don't know if it work well or not. > you can see "apt-cache show parted" for info about it or search at > http://www.gnu.org in the software section. >
I "second" this suggestion. I've used parted many, many times to resize and copy partitions, and I have been amazed at its functionality and stability. Go to gnu.org to read its documentation. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
