In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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:
I'm not sure how big your existing root file system is, but on occasion I've abused my swap partition as file system. If you have a big enough swap partition and enough RAM as well you can temporarily use the swap partition as root. Mike. -- "Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." - R.D. Lang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
