On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote: >Thanks. I forgot about the nasty old fstab - successfully tried real >hard to forget it! :) > And that's another of those "Oh fudge" moments... >Thanks again, > >Bob > >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Here is the issue & I am a relative newbie: >>> I have a older Linux server with two partitions: /mammdata and >>> /rgdata. The latter partition is no longer needed as the storage >>> requirements exploded and it was all moved to a NAS. /mammdata is >>> almost full. Will this scenario work: >>> >>> 1. Back up all data on /mammdata (this is a SMB share) >>> 2. fdisk and delete the partitions /mammdata and /rgdata1 >>> 3. create a new partition to use all the space no longer used by the >>> two deleted partitions >>> 4. mkfs.ext3 -jvL pt-data >> >> You'll probably need a reboot here. And DON"T forget to fix >> /etc/fstab before the reboot. >> >>> 5. restore the backed up data from originally on /mammdata >>> >>> Thanks for you input, >>> >>> Bob -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them five years. -Samuel Goldwyn
