Am Sonntag, dem 30.07.2023 um 11:46 -0300 schrieb George N. White III: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 3:04 PM KarlderLetzte > <karlderlet...@holnishaus.de> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > thank you all for the information. > > Unfortunately i do not fully understand, how to manage the > > shrinking. > > For now, i will install the new linux on a external disc, boot and > > then > > copy content from the f38 installation. > > > > > Am I correct in thinking you were able to shrink the btrfs > filesystem, > but are unable to find software to adjust the partition size to > match? > > You could use the new disk for a backup, then shrink the oversized > partition. > See: https://feldspaten.org/2018/06/01/resizing-btrfs-max/ -- shrink > the > btrfs filesystem a bit smaller than you want, use fstab to resize the > partition, > then expand btrfs to use the full partition. > > https://itsfoss.com/btrfs/ lists the advantages of btrfs > Yes you are right. I could shrink the filesystem. My problem starts, because gparted complains a warning, that it is possible not able to boot. therefore i cancel the operation and read a bit deeper.
> > > the old way, long and work intensive (finding the correct partition > > size, choose the filesystem typ and so on.). > > i think, it is annoying, that btrfs with f38 is so hard to use for > > this > > task. > > my new filesystem will not be btfrs. > > > > > All filesystems need backups. It seems wasteful to do an extra > install. > > -- > George N. White III > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
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