partitioning new machine

[Paul Cartwright]

On 05/06/2015 09:08 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> Last time, I setup 1 big 1TB btrfs partition.  I'd like to do a re-install 
> for f22, and I'm wishing now I had my home on it's own partition - since now 
> I need to backup and restore my home (about 165GB).
>
> Or perhaps there is another way?  shrink the 1TB btrfs partition, create a 
> new one for /home, and copy?  How could I do that, and could I do it online, 
> or only from some rescue USB? (/home is on the same single partition as /). 

I always create separate / & /home partitions.. I went from 30GB to 50GB
for "/", 30 was getting 75% full after a while.. I always seem to be
adding things:)

I have 1 /home and 4 separate '/" partitions for different OSes..

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Paul Cartwright
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