On Feb 17, 2008 11:24 AM, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Le 17.02.2008 14:07, Stuart Sears a écrit : > | François Patte wrote: > |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > |> Hash: SHA1 > |> > |> Bonjour, > |> > |> I have done some mistakes while partitioning my HD and /var is too small. > |> > |> Fortunately, I use lvm... unfortunately I have to unmount /var before > |> resizing and so many apps use /var.... > | > | why do you have to unmount it? If you are using LVM and ext2/3 you > | should be able to do this online. > | > | lvextend -L +<SIZE> /dev/volgroupname/var_volume > > thanks for this info > . > | > | resize2fs /dev/volgroupname/var_volume > > It seems that it is dangerous to use this: > > <lvm-howto> > Unless you have patched your kernel with the ext2online patch it is > necessary to unmount the file system before resizing it. (It seems that > the online resizing patch is rather dangerous, so use at your own risk) > </lvm-howto> > > How can I be sure that fedora kernels are patched like this? > > - -- > François Patte > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > Université Paris Descartes > 45, rue des Saints Pères > F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 > Tél. +33 (0)1 44 55 35 61 > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHuF/YdE6C2dhV2JURAo5zAJ9rT2mE38V0ykFExAxy6X3B6txoBQCcD+C6 > igysyh+UmiBN+2Mhql2FeGY= > =Ax8m > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Have you considered booting from a live/recovery CD/DVD and resize it from there? In that case it's definitely unmounted so addresses your concerns of possible risks doing it live. Jacques B.
