Hi, I think i already know the answer to this but i thought i would ask anyway.
I already have a 4TB drive set up on my PI4/OMV is there away to partition out 250GB of this drive and use it as a separate drive in OMV?
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On OMV GUI, if you go to "Storage->File Systems" and select the partition you want to shrink, isn't it possible?
You'll have to unmount it first but then, the "Resize" button should be available.
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You'll have to unmount it first but then, the "Resize" button should be available.
AFAIK the resize button is only for RAID.
If you want to resize a filesystem, you have to use parted. Or connect the drive to another Linux machine with a desktop environment and use gparted to shrink the partition. Then you can create an additional partition on the free space. This can be done either in gparted or in the GUI of OMV.
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yep, if you want to do step 4 in omv, you need to do step 5 first
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yep, if you want to do step 4 in omv, you need to do step 5 first
Thank you, i'm just wishing i did this all while the Pi4 was on my desk, not on the high shelf in the loft/attic
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If you unmount the drive, you can do it from CLI using parted.
BTW I never had issues with gparted, but it is advised to have a backup (as always).
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If you unmount the drive, you can do it from CLI using parted.
BTW I never had issues with gparted, but it is advised to have a backup (as always).
I'm not very good with CLI, safest option for me would be using Ubuntu Laptop with gparted installed and use the GUI
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Yes, parted is not so easy to use. gparted is much easier
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As soon as payday comes around i will support
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