On 3/14/26 8:18 PM, William Kenworthy wrote:
Dale, I highly recommend gparted - its FAR less likely you will make a
mistake. Practise on a usb stick first if you need confirmation.
gparted handles file system creation and in some cases data movement.
ie, think of it as creating a script that you approve before pressing
go. You can queue up commands like move this partiion (including
data) to the end of the disk , delete that partition, extend another
partition (moving data if needed) to fill up half the free space.
Create a new partition and format it as btrfs. Check that it looks
good (visualisation and any errors highlighted) and press go!
This is one case where the visualisation and protection for shooting
yourself in the foot can be worth its weight in gold!
BillK
Well, that is what I ended up using. I opened gparted just to have a
look. It said the file system wasn't the size of the partition or
something. Anyway, I worked around and it fixed it. At least I think
it did. I may have to make it bigger again one day and if I do, I'll
likely try gparted again. I just have to remember to hit the apply
button. LOL I didn't know one had to do that the first time. I was
wondering why it didn't seem to do anything at first. LOL
I'll know next weekend if it works or not. If I have a big package to
update, that isn't done on tmpfs. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
