btrfs shrink partition
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After shrinking a BTRFS file system using "btrfs filesystem resize /mnt -20g", this space doesn't show up as free for allocation in GParted. It doesn't seem like GParted can resize the btrfs partition on its own either. Rebooting doesn't help. The various ways to check freespace on a btrfs volume h…
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Thanks to help from cwillu and mig at freenode, I figured out the solution. The btrfs filesystem resize command just like resizes the filesystem, but keeps the partition limits unchanged. These can be changed using the to delete the btrfs partition …
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