XFS resizing & Win2k

[Brad De Vries]

--- Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> I've painted myself into a corner where i need/want
> to turn a Linux only
> box into a dual boot box with Win2k.  Right now, the
> box (which is a
> laptop) has just RH9 (XFS) installed, and occupying
> the entire disk as
> follows:
> hda1  /boot
> hda2  SWAP
> hda3 /
> 
> What I need to do is resize hda3 so that its about 5
> GB smaller, so that i
> can create a hda4 to install Win2k on.  The problem
> here is that
> xfs_growfs doesn't appear to support shrinking
> partitions, just growing
> them.  Is shrinking an XFS partition even possible? 
> If so, how?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> -- 
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Lonni J Friedman				netllama at linux-sxs.org
> Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo		    
> http://netllama.ipfox.com

If you find that it's a dump/load process, you might
want to look at a vmware installation.  I used it
about a year ago and it seemed to work fine for me.  I
think there is still an evaluation version which is
good for 30 days.

http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/wkst_eval_login.jsp

Good luck,
Brad.

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