Another solution is to drop to single user mode, tar up all of /var, nuke it, and then expand /usr, and then rebuild /var. You've got enough free space to do that. Still requires the functionality to grow a filesystem, but certainly gets around the problem of needing to shrink a filesystem. - Kevin On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:57:28 -0700 (PDT), kate <kate7234@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, "2) combination of parted and resize2fs" looks > good. having quickly man'd / googled all suggestions. > I need to carefully read up on the subject. > > I'll practice on an old drive, first! > > Thanks, > Kate > > > > --- "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, kate wrote: > > > > > What way could I repartition, non-destructively, > > to > > > give more space to /usr and less to /var? > > > > > > A 20 GB drive, on setup I over-estimated > > > space to some partitions (eg. /var), while > > > under-estimating space to other (/usr) partitions. > > > df -h gives: > > > > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% > > Mounted on > > > /dev/hda6 3.8G 301M 3.3G 9% / > > > /dev/hda1 99M 13M 81M 14% /boot > > > none 252M 0 252M 0% > > /dev/shm > > > /dev/hda5 4.9G 943M 3.7G 21% /home > > > /dev/hda3 4.9G 3.8G 790M 84% /usr > > > /dev/hda2 4.9G 267M 4.3G 6% /var > > > > > > Is there a way to repartition, non-destructively, > > to > > > give more space to /usr and less to /var? I have > > > googled but not found anything precise. > > > Any suggestions appreciated, > > > thanks in advance, > > > > options (from most to least ambitious): > > > > 1) switch over to using LVM2, where you can resize > > at will > > > > 2) combination of parted and resize2fs > > > > 3) don't really resize. just cheat and move stuff > > using symlinks if > > you just want to fix the problem for now with the > > least effort > > > > rday > > > > p.s. your root partition is a little on the large > > side as well. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
