>>>>> "Dan" == Dan <grinnz@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Dan> What you need to do is DELETE the partition, and then Ouch! I take it deleting it then recreating it in the same position (but for a smaller length) is supposed NOT to lose the data if you get it right? Dan> recreate it at the correct size. (If you're using ext3; Dan> parted can resize some other types of filesystems like ext2, Dan> vfat itself.) But if you do it too small, you could lose Dan> everything. Dan> backup everything on the partition first, if that's possible. I wish it was. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire