Some time ago, back when I was making my first steps into linux, I installed Debian on an old 486. After some experimenting, apt-getting and kernel compiling my root partition ran out of space.
Using either TomsRtBt or the Debian rescue/root disk set, I found it rather simple to move/copy partitions (including /), but now there was't enough room to just copy / to a larger empty partition. So I cleared up some space behind / and enlarged the partition using cfdisk. But here comes the catch. None of the root environments I found on floppy had resize2fs on them. This made it a little tricky to actually resize the root filesystem. I ended up doing it this way: boot debian rescue disk LILO# floppy0 swap for root disk when asked configure keyboard, then "execute a shell" (bottom of the menu) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt # cp /mnt/sbin/resize2fs /sbin # umount /mnt # e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 # resize2fs /dev/hda1 Resize2fs takes 20kb, or 10kb when gzipped. Are the root disks that 'full' it wouldn't fit anymore? Or is there another reason why it is left out? Or is there an easier way to resize a root filesystem? Thanks ahead, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
