Yes LVM would have made it easy to add space. But I doubt you can
convert an existing filesystem to a LV inside a PV.
I still think Steve's idea (moving /usr or /var to the space freed up by
shrinking swap) would be the best fix.
By all means use LVM on new installs.
Maurice Butler wrote, On 16/09/09 18:12:
After spending today testing at work I have suddenly become a fan of LVM
that gets around this problem
http://linuxbsdos.com/2008/11/11/lvm-configuration-in-ubuntu-810/
All my futher installs (home & work) are going to be using LVM including
some servers we are setting up
Maurice
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 2:02 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Allocating unused drive space to a root partition
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:59:09 +1200, Craig Falconer
<[email protected]> wrote:
steve wrote, On 16/09/09 09:18:
Alternatively ( SIMPLEST SOLUTION! ), mounting the spare
9GB as /var
or /usr and copying the stuff over may give you enough
space... copy,
then remove when happy! - you'll need a live CD to do that.
Excellent solution - I agree with Steve.
Thanks for all your pointers, I think I'll go for the solution below
for now, then get a 1T HD soonish
Sorry for double posting, my hosting provider was having some issues
last night and I assumed my first post got lost in the void.
--
Craig Falconer
