Isn't the easiest way to create a new partition and auto mount it in the / partition. With best regards Tomas Larsson Verus amicus est tamquam alter idem All messages originating from me are scanned with the latest updates of Norton Antivirus 2K2. > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fran: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]For Robert P. J. Day > Skickat: den 13 januari 2003 22:53 > Till: psyche-list@redhat.com > Amne: Re: Increasing an ext3 partition > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Javier Gostling wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 08:31:12AM +1100, John BouAntoun wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > So my question is, how do I expand my ext3 / partition to > take up the newly freed up hard disk space? > > > > Parted is the tool. You could also make a new partition in the freed > > space, move some hierarchy to it and configure your system to use this > > new partition. Finally, you can always backup, remove the current > > partition, create a new (larger) partition and restore your data. > > or start using the LVM (logical volume manager). i'm surprised that > more people aren't suggesting that. is LVM just not popular, or what? > > rday > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
