On Monday 22 September 2008 11:24:32 pm sunhux G wrote: > Hi, > > On my development VMWare ESX 3.5, I have the following : > # fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 85.9 GB, 85905637376 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10444 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 10444 83891366 fb Unknown > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 440.3 GB, 440345714688 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 53535 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 100 803218+ 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 101 1120 8193150 82 Linux swap > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 1121 1603 3879697+ 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 1604 53535 417143790 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 1604 1985 3068383+ 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 1986 2307 2586433+ fb Unknown > /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 2308 2320 104391 fc Unknown > How can I take some space from c0d0p4 to add it to c0d0p5? > Is c0d0p5 & c0d0p6 (& what about c0d0p7) linked to each other? > (As there's a + sign there - what does the + sign indicate). > How can I mount c0d0p5 - it hangs when I tried to mount it by > "mount /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 /mount_directory". Now when I issue > "fdisk -l", the display lists till c0d0p7 & hangs there (doesn't come > back to Unix command prompt even after the ESX is rebooted). > > I'm trying to a bit more space to the Linux fs below: > # df -k > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 3818672 1223876 2400812 34% / > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 790556 38440 711956 6% /boot > none 134284 0 134284 0% /dev/shm > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 3020140 267092 2599632 10% /var > > > I'm comparing with our Production ESX 3.5 : > Disk /dev/sda: 75.1 GB, 75169267712 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9138 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 9138 73400921 fb Unknown > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17844 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 14 650 5116702+ 83 Linux > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 651 17508 135411885 fb Unknown > /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 17509 17844 2698920 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 17509 17577 554211 82 Linux swap > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 17578 17831 2040223+ 83 Linux <== only > one with + > /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 17832 17844 104391 fc Unknown > & we have bigger Linux fs : > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 5036316 1296988 3483496 28% / > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 101089 26276 69594 28% /boot > none 134284 0 134284 0% /dev/shm > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 2008108 63180 1842920 4% /var/log > > > > > > I have the following steps from someone to resize a Linux swap partition. > It gave no > error when the steps/commands are executed (in Unix Single user mode) in > ESX 3.5 > but after it's rebooted, the new size did not take effect, thus it did not > work. I probably > can't use it this time to resize this time : > > use "fdisk -l" to find out if swap device ie /dev/hda3 > parted > select /dev/hda3 > print > resize START END > quit > quit I'm trying to figure out what you're really trying to do, and why? why do you need to increase the disk space to the "Linux File System" and what Mountpoint are you trying to increase? I have about 25 ESX boxes, with the default disk layout, and have never had a problem (although on some dev boxes, I've changed to allow more for / so I can develop scripts for patches). Are you trying to increase swap? If so, Why? if you're filling up swap you have other issues, and it isn't the swap size. ESX 3.5 is much better with swap since most of the virtualization overhead is now sent to vmkernel and not to the sc. ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
