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

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