fredag 26. november 2004, 20:23, skrev Axel Bojer: > | [Axel Bojer] > | > /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 - main partition 462,78MB > | > /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 - main partition, 36,82MB > | > /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 - extended partition, 8,33 > | > /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 - extended partition, 24,6 (...) > Jonas wrote: > > So what you need to do is the following: > > 1) shrink e2fs partitions on vol_too_large using e2fsadm > > Would this mean for instance: > e2fsadmin -L -5GB /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 ? > > 2) add temporary partition (big enough to replace) to vol_too_large > > Ok, this means, I suppose: > lvcreate MY_NEW_PARTITION /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 > (that is on vg_data, that is �vol_too_large�) > > 3) remove original physical partition from vol_too_large > how? > > 4) repartition physical disk to split the now free partition in two > > I suppose you mean using cfdisk or something? > Can someone guide me a bit closer on this? > I do not want to damage anything ... > > 5) reboot to make the system recognize new partitioning names > > OK > > 6) add first half of divided physical partition to vol_too_large > > How can i make sure i am using the right part? > I suppose again you mean using cfdisk or something? > (By the way, perhaps partitionmagic can do, we have a CD here, but it did > not start up as i tested it, our server is capable of starting from a cd, > so this shhould not be the point though ... I also have some floppies for > PM ...) > > 7) remove temporary partition > > Ditto? > > 8) add second half of divided physical partition to vol_too_small > > lvcreate? e2fsadm? > > 9) extend e2fs partitions on vol_too_small using e2fsadm > > for instance > e2fsadm -L + 5G /dev/vg_system/lv_var > ??
Quick summary: The problems was our HD is divided in two, and we wanted to use the unused 4GB in the on partition on the second. I found no way to do this with VM, although I was told it ought to be possible, Jonas sent the above included solution. We solved this different: We made a new partition out of the remnaining 4 GB (hde7), and this way gave the server/us access to the the last unused parts of our harddisk. Regards Axel
