Thanks for your reply. This afternoon I will try it. Thanks again!!
Dennis Stosberg escribió: > 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 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]