problem with repartitioning in linux server

pankajd · 06-03-2009, 12:07 PM

hi,

i have a linux server with fallowing configuration :
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 9.7G 4.7G 4.6G 51% /
/dev/sda6 19G 368M 18G 3% /var
/dev/sda2 194G 8.7G 176G 5% /usr
/dev/sda1 494M 26M 444M 6% /boot
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm

Now i want to have /var as 10 gb and /usr as 20 gb and / as 194 gb .How can i do that?
Solution what i thin is:
1)go to single user mode
doing chroot /mnt/sysimage and then cpoying data from one dir to other and emptying the first dir...
or how can i proceed?

ramram29 · 06-03-2009, 02:35 PM

I've done this before. First do a full backup of everything. Use a rescue CD such as sysresccd.org. Save to external USB disk. You can then use a combination of resize2fs to shrink or expand the partitions. However, I would recommend to partition your disk using LVM (Logical Volume Management) next time. This is one of the reasons why LVM was created - in order to better manage physical and logical partitions.