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I have a puppy linux img that is 8gb but I need it to fit on a 6gb drive. How do I resize the ext2 partition on the img?










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          You'll want to shrink the filesystem - any kind of logical volume management or similar containers - then the image. I'm going to assume you're talking about a RAW disk image.



          Steps at a glance:




          • Ensure the image is not being accessed (ex: lsof)

          • Shrink the filesystem (ex: resize2fs)

          • Perform a filesystem check (ex: fsck)

          • Shrink any LVM or other kind of containers (if needed)

          • Shrink the disk image (ex: dd to a new image with skip or use qemu-img)

          • Fsck again, test that it works!


          Alternative:




          • Create a new image and copy the data / MBR / etc. over.

          • Clone the image with something like partclone


          Similar questions:




          • https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image


          Reference:




          • http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/html/ch02s02.html

          • https://major.io/2010/12/14/mounting-a-raw-partition-file-made-with-dd-or-dd_rescue-in-linux/

          • http://www.tehfear.com/2007/10/08/resize-loop-disk-image/

          • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_cloning






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            You'll want to shrink the filesystem - any kind of logical volume management or similar containers - then the image. I'm going to assume you're talking about a RAW disk image.



            Steps at a glance:




            • Ensure the image is not being accessed (ex: lsof)

            • Shrink the filesystem (ex: resize2fs)

            • Perform a filesystem check (ex: fsck)

            • Shrink any LVM or other kind of containers (if needed)

            • Shrink the disk image (ex: dd to a new image with skip or use qemu-img)

            • Fsck again, test that it works!


            Alternative:




            • Create a new image and copy the data / MBR / etc. over.

            • Clone the image with something like partclone


            Similar questions:




            • https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image


            Reference:




            • http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/html/ch02s02.html

            • https://major.io/2010/12/14/mounting-a-raw-partition-file-made-with-dd-or-dd_rescue-in-linux/

            • http://www.tehfear.com/2007/10/08/resize-loop-disk-image/

            • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_cloning






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              You'll want to shrink the filesystem - any kind of logical volume management or similar containers - then the image. I'm going to assume you're talking about a RAW disk image.



              Steps at a glance:




              • Ensure the image is not being accessed (ex: lsof)

              • Shrink the filesystem (ex: resize2fs)

              • Perform a filesystem check (ex: fsck)

              • Shrink any LVM or other kind of containers (if needed)

              • Shrink the disk image (ex: dd to a new image with skip or use qemu-img)

              • Fsck again, test that it works!


              Alternative:




              • Create a new image and copy the data / MBR / etc. over.

              • Clone the image with something like partclone


              Similar questions:




              • https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image


              Reference:




              • http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/html/ch02s02.html

              • https://major.io/2010/12/14/mounting-a-raw-partition-file-made-with-dd-or-dd_rescue-in-linux/

              • http://www.tehfear.com/2007/10/08/resize-loop-disk-image/

              • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_cloning






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                You'll want to shrink the filesystem - any kind of logical volume management or similar containers - then the image. I'm going to assume you're talking about a RAW disk image.



                Steps at a glance:




                • Ensure the image is not being accessed (ex: lsof)

                • Shrink the filesystem (ex: resize2fs)

                • Perform a filesystem check (ex: fsck)

                • Shrink any LVM or other kind of containers (if needed)

                • Shrink the disk image (ex: dd to a new image with skip or use qemu-img)

                • Fsck again, test that it works!


                Alternative:




                • Create a new image and copy the data / MBR / etc. over.

                • Clone the image with something like partclone


                Similar questions:




                • https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image


                Reference:




                • http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/html/ch02s02.html

                • https://major.io/2010/12/14/mounting-a-raw-partition-file-made-with-dd-or-dd_rescue-in-linux/

                • http://www.tehfear.com/2007/10/08/resize-loop-disk-image/

                • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_cloning






                share|improve this answer














                You'll want to shrink the filesystem - any kind of logical volume management or similar containers - then the image. I'm going to assume you're talking about a RAW disk image.



                Steps at a glance:




                • Ensure the image is not being accessed (ex: lsof)

                • Shrink the filesystem (ex: resize2fs)

                • Perform a filesystem check (ex: fsck)

                • Shrink any LVM or other kind of containers (if needed)

                • Shrink the disk image (ex: dd to a new image with skip or use qemu-img)

                • Fsck again, test that it works!


                Alternative:




                • Create a new image and copy the data / MBR / etc. over.

                • Clone the image with something like partclone


                Similar questions:




                • https://superuser.com/questions/24838/is-it-possible-to-resize-a-qemu-disk-image


                Reference:




                • http://lnx.cx/docs/vdg/html/ch02s02.html

                • https://major.io/2010/12/14/mounting-a-raw-partition-file-made-with-dd-or-dd_rescue-in-linux/

                • http://www.tehfear.com/2007/10/08/resize-loop-disk-image/

                • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_cloning







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