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Old 07-08-2004, 12:52 PM   #1
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Linux partition size

I was wondering if there was a way to shrink an existing linux partition without completely erasing my whole hard drive. I have 100 GB of free space and would like to divide it up into smaller partitions however at the moment i have only one large linux partition.
Thanks in advance!
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Old 07-08-2004, 01:09 PM   #2
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What distro are you using?
 
Old 07-08-2004, 01:10 PM   #3
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I am using Fedora Core 2
 
Old 07-08-2004, 01:14 PM   #4
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You could take a look at parted:
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html

As with all of these utilities - make a backup first.
 
Old 07-08-2004, 01:19 PM   #5
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Thanks I'll try it out
 
  


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