-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yaovi Atohoun wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a disk of 146Gb in a machine intended to have mainly mysql > database, apache and some web data. I didn't use LVM for / and /boot > during the installtion > > Could I extend easily in the future the /var partition when I add > another disk? > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 23G 432M 22G 2% / > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > 5.0G 139M 4.7G 3% /home > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol03 > 98G 275M 93G 1% /var > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 > 5.0G 2.9G 1.9G 61% /usr > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 99M 19M 75M 20% /boot > tmpfs 470M 0 470M 0% /dev/shm > > I would like to have your comments before I continue installin MySQL and > others. > > Thanks > Yaovi Yes, add a new disk to the system, then run commands such as: pvcreate /dev/<whatever device it is> vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/<whatever device it is> lvextend (either -l +## to add extents or -L +## to add size) /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03 resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol03 - -- David Goldsmith -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpHjogACgkQ417vU8/9QfkM9QCeIAcvH5Bgkwgv96D50rmAXVbt MOkAn0MFj0F5SixH/Lnsu63j1X4Dr7JX =8vaY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----