can I shrink an existing slice

Jonathan Arnold jdarnold at buddydog.org
Wed Apr 14 05:31:08 PDT 2004


Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
> I know this might not be possible; but can I shrink a
> freeBSD slice to make room for linux?

There's lots of partitioning utilities that will do this
for you. Most run under Windows. I've often used Powerquest's
(now Symantec, I guess) Partition Magic. There's even a few
freeware ones out there, but that's a little scarey for me!

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