Jon Carnes wrote:
I find it easier to drop my box into single user mode (rather than reboot and adjust it to come up in single user mode). From a command line, as the user root, type: init 1
BOOM! You'll drop to single user mode and you can then umount /var and expand it using the LVM. I've done this many, many times to working boxes.
In the old days, you would add a drive and bring it up as a partition /var2, then: cp -a /var/ /var2
; Drop to single user mode init 1 umount /var ; Adjust the /etc/fstab to point /var to the new drive vi /etc/fstab mount /var ; Bring the server back online init 3
On a good day, you were down for less than 2 minutes.
Good Luck - Jon Carnes
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