Re: channging partition sizes without data loss

[Tom Pfeifer <tplists@optonline.net>]

To resize your root partition with parted, there is a boot disk
available at the parted site here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/parted/

You need a boot disk for this since the partition being resized can't be
mounted.

Tom


"V.Suresh" 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?
> 
> 
> 
>   -V.Suresh.  Sureshv<at>users<dot>sourceforge<dot>net
>                Http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh