Resize ext3 Partition

[Shane Archer]

At 10:31 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote:
>1. create the new partition and format
>2. mount the new filesystem somewhere. (mount /dev/hdXY /mnt)
>3. copy all the files from old to new
>    cd /home
>    cp -a <username> /mnt
>
>Now it gets tricky, because once the filesystem is mounted you cannot
>remove the old files from /home
>
>4. logout, and log back in as root (you need to not have any files in
>the /home being used)
>5. edit /etc/fstab and create a line to mount the new filesystem at the
>chosen location
>(/dev/hdXY   /home    ext3    defaults   1 2) or equivalent.
>6. delete all the files in the original /home (rm -rf /home/username
>7. mount the mew /home
>    mount -a
>8. verify it mounted properly
>    mount
>9. logout and log back in as your regular user and you are done.
>
>Note that if you have more than one user in /home, the cp command in
>step 3 and the rm command in step 6 will be required for each user.
>
>Also note that it will be a good idea to use the du command to confirm
>what size partition is required before you create it.  (du -s /home)

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the assistance. I was able to move things around and re-mount 
the new /home with no problems. In the end I may back things up and do a 
fresh install on a new partition on this box, but this was a good learning 
experience. Thanks again!

Shane