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Re: shrink ext3 filesystem using e2fsprogs and fdisk



Martin T:
> 
> Is it possible to make partition smaller starting from the beginning?

No.

> If yes, do I need to somehow start file system from the end of the
> partition?

AFAIK that's not possible. The solution for your problem (which involves
initial reformatting) is LVM.

J.
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