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Old 03-27-2009, 12:30 AM   #1
farnaw4u
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how to reduce size of a partion /dev/sda4 containg /var


hi all

i have /var mounted on /dev/sda4 which consists of 38 GB
i want to get 8 GB from /dev/sda4 as this partion will remain of 30 GB


plz help me how can i get 8GB in such a way that my OS will not hurt


Thnks in advance

Farnaw
 
Old 03-27-2009, 12:43 AM   #2
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unfortunately, its not that simple
Please open your terminal and type sudo fdisk -l and post the results here
 
Old 03-27-2009, 12:53 AM   #3
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Resizing shouldn't be too hard - go get the gparted liveCD. Easy to resize the unmounted partition - whether you can actually use the freed space will depend on the info @fwc asked for.
 
  


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