[CentOS] resizing partition
Barry Brimer
lists at brimer.org
Sun May 25 01:41:13 UTC 2008
> I'm going to have to resize a partition (shrink it) to make room for
> more swap space. This is actually not too big of a deal, since we're
> not talking about a "system" partition (/, /var, /usr, etc), but one
> where an application resides. So I won't even have to go to "rescue"
> mode to do this. I can umount this thing live. (and since I'm working
> on it remotely, that's important).
>
> But this system was not configured with LVM. So it occurs to me, that
> in dealing with a non-LVM partition(s), if the swap space I want to
> enlarge isn't next to the partition I shrink, my options would be to:
>
> 1. Manually "move" the other partitions, probably very risky
>
> 2. Simply make a second swap space that's next to the partition I
> shrink.
>
> Have I got the right idea?
> === Al
You could also create a swap file and put it in the partition you would be
shrinking and use that instead of repartitioning.
Barry
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