Hi Edgar, Thanks for the response. On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 04:06:18PM -0600, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2019 2:35 PM, Lev Lazinskiy <l...@levlaz.org> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I am new to openBSD, so forgive me if I am missing something obvious. > > > > I recently installed openBSD on a server using the auto-partition layout > > during installation and am quickly starting to run out of disk space. > > > > I have read the section in the FAQ [1] regarding how to grow a disk > > partition, but I am confused on the best way to actually do this. > > > > Specifically, I am trying to grow /usr and /home but they are "busy" > > when I try to follow these steps on a running server. > > > > You must umount them first.
Right, the issue is that I am unable to unmount them because they are actively being used. > > > > Is the assumption that you are supposed to reboot the server with the > > ISO attached and pop into a shell to complete these steps? > > > > [1] https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#GrowPartition > > > > -- > > Lev Lazinskiy > > > > If it's a fresh install probably be easier to just reinstall and size > partitions how you need them. This makes sense, but I was curious what the recommended approach is for a server that you cannot simply reinstall. Someone else suggested using single user mode on boot and that approach seems to work very well. > > Edgar
