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
> 
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