joe@actionline.com wrote:
> How can I shrink the ntfs file system /dev/sda5 shown in the following
> screen capture:
>
> - - - http://upquick.com/linux/gparted1.png - - -
>
> to make room to increase the size of my Linux home partition /dev/sda8 ?
>
> I've used ntfsresize to reduce the size of the sda5 partition from 158 gig
> to 67 gig, but gparted will not allow me to shrink (resize) sda5. The
> "Resize/Move" option in gparted is grayed out as shown in the screen
> capture.
>
> So what else can I do to shrink sda5?
Have you booted from a gparted live cd? The only time I've seen locks
like that is when running gparted when there are mounted file systems.
--Jason
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