Re: Resize jfs partition
dclemen wrote:
> Hi, I have "/" directory on a partition with jfs file system. It has
> 140Gb size, but I remove another partition with 40Gb that was behind "/"
> partition. So I want to resize my / to get these 40Gb.
>
> I read some sites to resize partitions with:
>
> # mount -o remount,resize /home
Yes, that syntax works with jfs, as well. On your Debian system you
can find that information in the mount(8) manual page. Search for
"Mount options for jfs".
> But I thing that I can't do it with / partition.
Jfs _is_ able to resize a file system which is in use.
> There are any way to get it?. If not, maybe I can get any live-cd distro
> and then resize it.
>
> It is safe? (I don't want to loose my data)
It is "safe" in the way that it will work reliably without any known
errors that would lead to data loss.
However, if a file system contains data that you cannot afford to
lose, it is _always_ a very good idea to have a current backup. And
of course, the risk of losing data is much higher when you're
modifying file systems.
> Thanks
>
> PD: fdisk /dev/sda
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 5864 47102548+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 5865 6085 1775182+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda3 6086 24321 146480670 83 Linux
> /dev/sda4 29500 30401 7245315 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 29500 30401 7245283+ b W95 FAT32
>
> I want to get blocks from 24321 to 29500 (29499) into dev/sda3
This involves two steps:
(1) Use fdisk to enlarge your /dev/sda3 partition to the new
size: Set the last cylinder of that partition to 29499 (not
29500 !). You need to reboot to make the kernel use the new
partition table. Now the partition is 40 GB larger, but the
file system on that partition does not fill the complete
partition yet.
(2) Enlarge the file system on /dev/sda3 to completely fill the
partition with "mount -o remount,resize".
Regards,
Dennis
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