Re: Resizing ext2 filesystems
Max schrieb:
>
> I have a problem in that I'm quickly running out of space in /usr but
> I have tons of space left in /home. Here's what df shows:
>
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda1 497667 35357 436608 7% /
> /dev/sda5 497667 385312 86653 82% /var
> /dev/sda6 2478138 2271514 78508 97% /usr
> /dev/sda7 4616953 643170 3734818 15% /home
>
> Obviously, I didn't estimate the filesystem sizes correctly to begin
> with. At this poit, does anyone know of a way to resize them so that
> some of the space from /dev/sda7 can be added to /dev/sda6? I have
> heard of "resize2fs" but it appears that it's not available other than
> as part of Partition Magic. Is there anything else out there?
Hello Max,
i think you don't need Partition Magic.
If my calculations are correct it looks as if it would be possible to
copy all files from /dev/sda6 to /dev/sda7 (with copy -dpR) and then you
have to change your fstab. After testing if everything is ok you may
even go further and do the reverse with /home on /dev/sda7. In any case
it is a good idea to have a Linux Boot-Disk prepared and tested. A
backup too is advisable before changing your system.
Not long ago i was in about the same situation and after reading and
testing it worked fine for me.
enjoy linux
Bernd Mayer
PS: You are responsible for your files by yourself.
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