On Wednesday 21 May 2008, Balu manyam wrote: > Hey gurus - I will need to expand the / FS(ext3) on my rhel3 > machine - it has no LVM (meaning i am not using LVM for mounting the > FS) ....it is installed on hda2 ..given that i have some space below > this partition - is this doable from the running OS ?
Have not done this myself but this <http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_resizing_ext3_partitions> article suggests it is possible. BTW, this link was right on top when I Google'd "linux ext3 resize" > i already used fdisk - deleted partition 2 - re-added the same with > bigger size - and then saved with 'w' - i got the message that the > kernel will obey the new part table from the next reboot - but that > does not seem to be true - as it did not happen even after the reboot > - I still see the old partition table Did this partition hold "system" files i.e. /, /etc, /usr, /boot etc.? > i think i should be able to boot the machine off a CD and do this - > but just curious if one can do this from a running OS and reboot if > need be Most likely, if partition holds "system" files. HTH, -- Arun Khan -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
