compacting an Ubuntu partition

[Stephen Kuhn]

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:35 -0600, compdoc wrote:
> >Do you mean I should reduce the partition from 80 to 60, then
> >from 60 to 40, then from 20 to 20 then from 20 to 10, rather
> >than just reducing it in one step?
> 
> I don't think that's necessary. If you move and resize, it can take a while, 
> but if you just resize it's not too bad. With Windows drives I think it's a 
> good idea to defrag first.
> 
> But no matter how you do this, it's a risk. So, make sure you have a working 
> backup of the drive. Clonezilla is great for that.

I'll agree with using external tools, however, if you're going to use
gParted, just do it all in the one go - not by doing it repeatedly, you
are giving yourself more options for failure.

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