[CentOS] Disk Partition questions
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Jan 5 21:34:28 UTC 2006
At 03:48 PM 1/4/2006, Jay Leafey wrote:
>Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>I selected the defaults in partitioning my drive and df -h shows:
>><snip>
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> >
>>So what do I do?
>>leave things alone
>>Use a partition manager (whcih?) to adjust and create partitions
>>Reinstall and select manual partitioning
>
>First off, you are already using LVM, indicated by the presence of
>'mapper' in the 'Filesystem' column of df. Conditionally, if this
>is for "kicking the tires" on Scalix, I would leave it alone and
>install Scalix on the system as-is.
I just finished the rebuild. Had to learn a bit about disk
druid, Hope I got it right.
Now all I need is that tar command and I can get started with the mail install.
>If you're installing Scalix for a production system, I would
>probably recommend that you reduce the size of the single logical
>volume for root and create separate logical volumes for /usr, /var,
>/tmp, /home, etc. The sizing would depend on just what the system
>would be doing. Having one big honking partition is simpler, true,
>but backing it up can be a pain. I usually size the partitions
>initially to "reasonable" numbers and use lvresize and
>ext2online/resize2fs to extend them as needed. There are some
>questions in my mind about logical volumes spread over multiple
>extents, but this hasn't been an issue for me yet.
>
>It should be POSSIBLE to do this without a reload on your system. I
>have done it in the past by booting the distribution disk in rescue
>mode and playing games with resize2fs and lvresize. It's not
>"simple", mostly because you have to keep track of the bits and
>pieces you are moving. (Have I moved /home yet?) The devil lives
>in the detals!
>
>My $.02, YMMV.
>--
>Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN
>jay.leafey at mindless.com
>
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