paul, wouldn't it be possible to: 1) expand my '/' partition using parted/bootdisk 2) reboot/capture the new partition information 3) do a fresh install, now using LVN, but still maintain the partition structure, and thereby maintaining the current data/files on the drive -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Howarth Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:06 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: resizing partitions for FC3 install.. bruce wrote: > thanks for the reply. what/how is LVM. i've seen references to it. See: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/whatisvolman.html > how do i know if i have it You're not currently using it; you have good old-fashioned regular partitions. > or if it was part of the initial RH install? if i did > have it, could i easily expand the '/' partition, without the use of parted? > i'm willing to bet the server wasn't configured to use LVM when it was set > up. It wasn't. You'd have to do it as a fresh install. Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
