Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-26 Thread Carl Johnson
Dmitry Smirnov only...@gmail.com writes: partprobe can be useful in order to reread partition table. In fact it is always good to use thic command after partitioning. example: sudo partprobe /dev/sda D. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: Does anybody else

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? From the man resize2fs page: The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Stefan Monnier
Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? There is, but it only works if that partition table is currently unused (i.e. none of its partitions are mounted). That's one of the reasons to use LVM where you can grow/shrink volumes easily without

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
partprobe can be useful in order to reread partition table. In fact it is always good to use thic command after partitioning. example: sudo partprobe /dev/sda D. On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion

RE: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-23 Thread Kushal Koolwal
Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? From the man resize2fs page: The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device.

Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Kushal Koolwal
I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA hard drive - /dev/sda5. # cfdisk /dev/sda ***     sda1    Boot    Primary   FAT16  [DOS    ]  2146.80     sda2   

RE: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Kevin Ross
From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA hard drive - /dev/sda5. # cfdisk /dev/sda ** *  

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA hard drive - /dev/sda5. # cfdisk /dev/sda

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Carl Johnson
Thierry Chatelet tchate...@free.fr writes: On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA hard drive - /dev/sda5. #