Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-26 Thread Carl Johnson
Dmitry Smirnov writes: > "partprobe" can be useful in order to reread partition table. In fact > it is always good to use thic command after partitioning. > > example: sudo partprobe /dev/sda > > D. > > >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: >> >> > Does anybody else k

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
"partprobe" can be useful in order to reread partition table. In fact it is always good to use thic command after partitioning. example: sudo partprobe /dev/sda D. > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > > Does anybody else know if > > there is a way to reread the

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table >> an a running system? There is, but it only works if that partition table is currently "unused" (i.e. none of its partitions are mounted). That's one of the reasons to use LVM where you can grow/shrink volumes easily withou

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:08:15AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > > Does anybody else know if > > there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? > > >From the man resize2fs page: > >"The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. > It >ca

RE: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-23 Thread Kushal Koolwal
> Does anybody else know if > there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? >From the man resize2fs page: "The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Carl Johnson
Thierry Chatelet writes: > On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: >> > From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] >> > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM >> > >> > >> > I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA >> > hard drive - /dev/sda5. >> >

Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM > > > > > > I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA > > hard drive - /dev/sda5. > > > > # cfdisk /dev/sda > > **

RE: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

2009-10-22 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM > > > I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA > hard drive - /dev/sda5. > > # cfdisk /dev/sda > ** > **