Can extra space be added to existing "/" partiition?

racerong · 04-25-2009, 01:02 PM

Hi all,

I have just installed Centos 5 on an old box to learn. However, I didn't give enough space for the "/" partition (ran "yum update" and I didn't have enough space hehe). There is still unallocated space on the hd, therefore, I was wondering is it possible to add some extra space to the "/" partition with out losing data? If possible then great, else I can just start all over.

Thanks all.

brianL · 04-25-2009, 01:05 PM

Yes, you can resize it using GParted, for instance.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

racerong · 04-25-2009, 01:23 PM

Cool, I'll read up on gparted. Thank you.

racerong · 04-25-2009, 03:02 PM

Thanks brianL, I was able to add more space to the "/" partition with gparted livecd. Much faster than reinstalling everything on this old box

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brianL · 04-25-2009, 03:30 PM

Good. Glad it worked out OK.