Re: Decrease/increase XFS partitions
On Wed 17 Aug 2016 at 08:54:47 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 August 2016 03:43:36 ML mail wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > On my Debian 8 machine I have two XFS data partitions on my disk:
> >
> > - /dev/sdb1 of 4TB
> > - /dev/sdb2 of 9TB
> >
> > Now I would like to decrease the first partition of 1TB in order to
> > increase the second partition by that very same 1TB. Any ideas how to
> > do that? My partition table is using GPT and I have parted installed.
> >
> > Regards
> > ML
>
> I think this is a job for gparted. But since the amount of data that
You would advise using gparted to shrink an XFS partition in spite of
http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Is_there_a_way_to_make_a_XFS_filesystem_larger_or_smaller.3F
saying it is not possible?
Is this advice based on experience?
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