thanks a lot , But my main problem is i havent used parted anytime And moreover /debian is important i will take a backup of it how do i use parted to do that? Regards, Vijaya Didar Hussain wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:44:48AM +0000, 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? > > > > 1) Copy /work to either /var, /home or /usr with "cp -r" > mkdir /home/workback > cp -vr /work/* /home/workback > > > 2) Delete partition /dev/hda8 (YES!) > > > 3) Use `parted' to increase the size of /dev/hda7 > > 4) Recreate /dev/hda8 from the available disk space > > 5) Mount /dev/hda8 to /work and copy back the /workback > > HTH, > > Didar > > -- > > Life is cheap, but the accessories can kill you. > > Random signature generated by Signify v1.07 > http://www.debian.org/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
