Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 23:33:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: ravi@freegate.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compacting FFS filesystem Message-ID: <199807132333.QAA15497@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <000501bdae9f$93eda4e0$8356e2d0@ravi.hq.freegate.com> from "Ravi Duvvuri" at Jul 13, 98 01:48:20 pm
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> Is there any way to reduce the size of an existing FFS filesystem partition > without losing data. I want to reparation the existing drive so that > the new partition size is equal (or close) to the actual number of used > blocks in the partition. I need to do this without dumping the filesystem > to tape or some other backup media. Yes. Theo DeRaddt wrote some code to do this. Check the -current list archives on ww.freebsd.org, where it was discussed at length in a thread on logical volume management. I posted the URL, but I don't have it in the bookmarks of my current desktop. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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