Mounting Drives

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 07:36 PM

do you need to move the start point of the partion or just the end point becasue i found this site:

http://lugwash.washtenaw.cc.mi.us/li...0209/0122.html

which someone said that you can't change the start point, so possibly you can change the end point

blop · 09-13-2003, 07:41 PM

well the boot loader says i need a program called resize2fs or resize_reiserfs

Have u heard of either?

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 07:51 PM

that program (resize2fs) may already be on your system, at least its on mine....
if not you shoud be able to download from this site

http://www.redhat.com/swr/i386/e2fsp...9.i386_fl.html

but no, i don't think i've heard of either

blop · 09-13-2003, 07:52 PM

I have found it but im not sure what to do....im a noob and this is scary stuff

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 07:53 PM

hehe, ok do you need to install it ?
or do you have it installed?

blop · 09-13-2003, 07:55 PM

its in /sbin/ already im not sure how to run it. I have called it but not much luck so far

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 07:58 PM

do this

vim /home/**yourusername**/.bash_profile

it will bring up your profile basically, there is a line that says PATH

mine looks like this
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/etc:/bin:/sbin

basically whatever the last directory is on your path add a colon [ : ] then /sbin

that should make it so when you do a command in the prompt window it looks in /sbin for commands

blop · 09-13-2003, 08:00 PM

ok i will that will make things easier later....

How do i unmount my / partition.

I think it will run now if not mounted.

"/sbin/resize2fs -p /dev/hda3"

Is the commands i have put in.....

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 08:04 PM

I'm sure you already know this, but you can see instructions for commands by doing

man resize2fs

at the prompt, cause i'm not sure how to use that program

here's a webpage for the resize2fs manpage

http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html...resize2fs.8.gz

another questions are you using ext2 for your partitions or ext3?

blop · 09-13-2003, 08:05 PM

ext3 i think

blop · 09-13-2003, 08:07 PM

i have read that man page now i just need to know how to unmount the drive and then it will run

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 08:08 PM

the unmount command is

umount /dev/"hard drive"

replace "hard drive" with your hard drive extension such as hdb

blop · 09-13-2003, 08:20 PM

Current situation is this...

[root@p3800mhz sbin]# /sbin/unmount /dev/hda/
bash: /sbin/unmount: No such file or directory
[root@p3800mhz sbin]# /sbin/unmount /dev/hda/hda3
bash: /sbin/unmount: No such file or directory
[root@p3800mhz sbin]# /sbin/unmount /dev/hda/hda3
bash: /sbin/unmount: No such file or directory

Can i unmount / ?

BlandoCal · 09-13-2003, 08:23 PM

do this command w/out the /sbin/

umount /dev/hda3

might want to try it from the command window (ctrl+alt+F6)
(alt+F7) will bring you back to the GUI

blop · 09-13-2003, 08:26 PM

No, that doesnt seem to make a difference