Re: Resize partitions urgent help

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Pls don't crosspost to different lists, esp debian/non-debian. I don't 
like getting bounce messages because I'm not subscribed to them, and I 
usually don't reply.


Vijaya S wrote:

> Vijaya S wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have a server with the following structure.
> >
> > # df -hT
> > Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2  unknown    8.3G  399M  7.5G   5% /
> > tmpfs        tmpfs    252M     0  252M   0% /dev/shm
> > /dev/hda3     ext3     19G  1.8G   16G  11% /usr
> > /dev/hda5     ext3    9.2G  1.9G  6.9G  22% /var
> > /dev/hda6     ext3     12G  1.4G  9.1G  13% /home
> > /dev/hda7     ext3     19G   19G     0 100% /debian
> > /dev/hda8     ext3    6.9G   33M  6.6G   1% /work
> >
> > The /dev/hda7 has been utilized 100% so i would like to increase  it to
> > 22GB and /work to 2.6GB
> > Is it possible? If so how do i do it without data loss or
> > undestructively?
> >    
>
> Its a debian machine
>
>  
We hope si:-)

Plan a.
Back, repartition, restore/. This the most satisfactory without spending 
money.
Plan b.
New hard drive. Move data over, Mount it in /debian. This is best for 
the long term.
Plan c
Move the all of contents of  a major subdirectory of /debian to 
somewhere else, and symlink to it.

If you do buy a new hard drive, consider making it your primary drive 
and putting all your OS on it & keeping the old one for the debian 
stuff. Likely, the new drive will be faster than the old, especially if 
you get one of the better ones.



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Cheers
John

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