hi, it always helps to have a test machine available for testing purposes.
try this and see if it helps: go into runlevel 1, backup your /home data, unmount /home, resize partition with parted and run tune2fs then remount /home and restore its backup. i hope this helps. Holden Hao wrote: >> by reducing the /dbdata partition. Most of the howto I've googled uses a >> live cd and rebooting the machine, is there a way to do it without rebooting >> the machine? Will turning off some services using the partition and just >> unmounting the said partition with the use of parted and tune2fs suffice? >> The machine is almost 2yrs up and we can't afford any downtime cause by a >> machine shutdown. >> > > AFAIK, this is not possible. Resizing Ext2/3 requires resizing the > partition and then resizing the Ext2/3 file system. After resizing > the partition the kernel needs to know the new partition size so you > need to reboot. I vaguely recall that there is a utility that can > inform the kernel of the new partition but it may be hit or miss thing > depending on the kernel you have running. > > > > Holden > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
