Hi, On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Is there any easy way to resize a ReiserFS partition without reformatting? I'm trying to get Win4Lin running, and since it needs ext2 fs for it's data, I need to shrink my Reiser partition. Any ideas?
Yes, ReiserFS can be shrinked offline (unmounted). See the documentation here: http://devlinux.com/projects/reiserfs/rsz.html BTW: Growing a ReiserFS file system is supposed to work in online mode, too!
Also, isn't there a way to create a filesystem inside a normal file?
Yes, via the loopback device: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loopback-Root-FS.html
Could I perhaps do this instead (on top of my Reiser partition)?
Should be possible, check the above HOWTO for more info. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany When seeking love give nothing. Finding love give all. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq