Re: growing a partition

[ctooley@xxxxxxxx]

I can't take credit, it was pointed out to me.  It seems to work but the
severity of what it could mean is not something to recommend to an average user.

Chris







Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxx> on 06/08/2001 03:39:06 PM
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
  To:          Chris Tooley/AMOA@AMOA                         
                                                              
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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