On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Arun Khan wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Ramkumar R wrote: > > gparted will do this fine. Next time, consider implementing LVM to > > resize partitions on-the-fly. > > Do you recommend putting / on a LVM device?
I had that for a couple of years and it was more trouble than it was worth. Primary issue is with the default initrd generated when a new kernel is installed -- had to do all sorts of obscure initrd configurations to make sure it booted up fine on an LVM. IMO it's probably better to move out whatever you can from / (/var, /usr, /tmp, etc.) into separate partitions so that any of those that need more space can be individually resized, and keep / static. You could do that right now too without touching the / partition: assuming you need more space in /var, just make a /var partition on one of your disks (or a new one), boot into single-user, copy the existing /var over, delete its contents and mount the new partition onto /var. Don't forget to update /etc/fstab! Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
