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Re: growing a partition

To: ctooley@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: growing a partition
From: Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxx>
Date: 08 Jun 2001 15:39:06 -0700
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On 07 Jun 2001 13:15:39 -0500, ctooley@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> just make your partition larger by using FDISK.  Delete the partition with 
> fdisk
> and create it, making sure to use the same starting point you had used before.
> Since this only changes the partition table you should be fine.  Be forwarned
> though that editing the partition table can lead to lots of migraines.  I had 
> no
> trouble with mine.  After you have rebooted (if you change the partition that 
> /
> lives on it's going to not be reported right until you reboot) you can just 
> type
> "xfs_growfs /" at the prompt and it will magically make space for you.  It 
> made

Rebooted into single mode (because the erased partitions were /var/log
and /var/spool), did exactly as you said. The result: everything's fine.
Your method works perfectly.

Thanks,

-- 
Florin Andrei


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