On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:05:55 -0700 (PDT) ray <r...@aarden.us> wrote: >I would like to resize the /home partition but it is mounted, and when umount >is run, it errors with 'busy'. > >System Configuration: >I installed jessie on a laptop with one SSD. I used guided partitioning and >selected the whole drive with multiple partitions. The /home now takes up 420 >GB. I would like to reduce that to 20 GB to make room for another partition. > >What are the methods reduce this partition? >
I have always booted from a live cd or usb to do the resizing. That keeps the partition from being mounted. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]