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Re: resizing /var



On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:17:55 -0700
Richard Blumel <richard@blumel.org> wrote:

> Rick Pasotto wrote:
> > I have /var as a logical volume and have expanded it. Now I need
> > to run resize2fs to actually use the extra space. In order to
> > run resize2fs /var needs to be unmounted but practically
> > everything uses /var so I would need to stop pretty much all
> > services.
> >
> > What is the best way to handle this? Should I temporarily add a
> > script to one of the /etc/rc?.d directories and then reboot? 
> >
> >   
> Just use a live cd like slax that has lvm support..
> 
> Good luck.
> 

And if one doesn't have a cd player on a server?

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