Are you running redhhat linux in vmware right ? Because present vmware esx 3.5 is based on RHEL 3 kernel. Your are having issue with vmware host or gest? On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:26 PM, sunhux G <sunhux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > To add to earlier post on resizing VMW ESX Redhat Linux 5.2, > I've tried : > > "fdisk -l" to find out the swap partition (it's /dev/cciss/c0d0p2) > > /sbin/parted >> select /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 >> print (to get minor number, start & end cylinder) >> resize 1 0.000 800.000 >> move 1 0.000 800.000 > > Warning: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/... > (Device or resource busy). This means Linux knows nothing > about any modifications you made. You should reboot your computer > > I've tried doing the above in single user mode & got the same message. > After rebooting, top still showed the swap space as 8Gb. > > What did I miss? Just want to free up some space. > > > Rgds > U > > ** > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Regards. Sanjay Chakraborty -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
