From: Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: shrink btrfs partition - recommended way?
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:36:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260628233658.GA3404176@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> (raw)
Is there a recommended way (or tool) to shrink a btrfs partition?
I have:
root@zoo:~# lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINTS /dev/sdc
NAME SIZE FSTYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sdc 256G
`-sdc1 256G btrfs /LXC
root@zoo:~# df -Th /LXC
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc1 btrfs 256G 19G 236G 8% /LXC
And want to shrink /dev/sdc1 to 200 GB
I know, I can use btrfs filesystem resize and afterwards use fdisk to
delete /dev/sdc1, create a new smaller /dev/sdc1 and then add a new
/dev/sdc2
BUT if make a calculation error with fdisk the btrfs filesystem will be
damaged.
gparted can do it all together in one step, but it needs X11, which I do
not have on host zoo. I have only text console access, no X11.
--
Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung
Rechenzentrum TIK
Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher@tik.uni-stuttgart.de
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70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: https://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/
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2026-06-28 23:36 Ulli Horlacher [this message]
2026-06-28 23:54 ` shrink btrfs partition - recommended way? Roman Mamedov
2026-06-29 0:42 ` Qu Wenruo
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