Vidiot wrote:
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> >This is what I currently have :-
> >
> >Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> >---------- ---- ---- ----- -------- ----------
> >/dev/hda9 1.7GB 21MB 1.6GB 1% /var
> >/dev/hda10 972MB 942MB 30MB 97% /var/spool/imap
> >
> >
> >The above 2 partitions are the last 2 partitions on my filesystem.
> >
> >Since /var/spool/imap (hda10) is almost full and I have so much space
> >left on /var (hda9), I was thinking of backing up /var/spool/imap , then
> >delete the partition (hda10) and then increase the size of /dev/hda9 and
> >finally restoring /var/spool/imap to hda9.
> >
> >My question is :-
> >
> >Can I increase the size of /dev/hda9? If yes, how do I do it? Will it
> >destroy whatever data that's on hda9?
>
> Yes, you can increase the size of /var to include /var/spool/imap, IFF
> they are contiguous on the disk. Just because the partitions are #9 and
> #10, doesn't mean you made them contiguous. Run fdisk to see if they
> are contiguous before doing the rest of the procedure.
>
> Yes, it will destroy the data on hda9. You have to back it up as well.
> Before doing anything to the partition, you need to get them backed up
> and unmounted. You'll have to also move the data in /var to the unmount
> /var. But, since /var is not meant to contain permanent data, you could
> just let the data be destroyed. After they are unmounted, then you can
> fdisk the partitions into one and rebuild the filesystem.
>
I've seen two utilities recently on freshmeat (I think?) that might allow
you to do what you wish with much less hassel. One allows you to shrink
or expand partitions and the other allows you to shrink or expand file
systems. I haven't tried them, but this is not their first release. Try
http://www.lwn.net/1999/1021/a/ext2-resizer.html for an ext2 resizer. I
can't remember the partion package; try searching freshmeat.
Best
Cokey
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