[rhn-users] Resizing ext3 partition

[Rob Myroon]

Thanks for the tips but parted still gave me the same error message. I 
issued this command to disable journaling

#tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/sda11

And then I unmounted the partition and tried to move it

#umount /dev/sda11
#parted /dev/sda move 11 55000 60000

Maybe I had to reboot to get parted to notice the partition was no 
longer ext3? (Or maybe I don't know what I am doing?)

Anyways, I used the more "brute force" method. I tar'd up the 2 
partitions, unmounted, deleted the 2 partitions, recreated both 
partitions (making one bigger), untar'd the data back, recreated the 
labels, mounted them, and everything is ok!

Rob



Raj Kumar wrote:
> you can  convert ext3 to ext2 by disabling journal (check tune2fs) and 
> then resize it using parted. Later convert ext2 back to ext3.
> 
> I dont know the exact steps but I read this solution few days before but 
> I couldn't find that link now. Hope someone will fill in.
> 
> Cheers,
> Raj
> 
> On Fri, 27 May 2005 Kueffer,Walter K(PIP - San Diego) wrote :
>  >That will work.
>  >
>  >You also may want to look into using the logical volume manager (LVM).
>  >
>  >WK
>  >
>  >-----Original Message-----
>  > From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
>  >On Behalf Of Rob Myroon
>  >Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:59 AM
>  >To: rhn-users at redhat.com
>  >Subject: [rhn-users] Resizing ext3 partition
>  >
>  >
>  >I want to increase the size of an ext3 partition (/opt) which is the 2nd
>  >
>  >last partition on the hard drive. The drive has lots of empty space.
>  >
>  >What is the best way to do this? Use parted? I get this message when I
>  >try to move an ext3 partition -> "Filesystem has incompatible feature
>  >enabled". I tried posting to the parted mailing list but there was no
>  >response.
>  >
>  >I am starting to think that I should tar the last 2 partitions (sda10
>  >and sda11), delete them both, recreate them both (with sda10 bigger),
>  >and untar the data back.
>  >
>  >Does this sound ok?
>  >
>  >Rob
>  >
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