Date:  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:32:16 -0000
From:  "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:11053] Re: Changing partition size
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gustavo Silva [mailto:pseudo (at mark) zbronx.com] 
Sent: 01 November 2007 19:22
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:11051] Re: Changing partition size

Hiya Colin,

I would probably test the outlined at:

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_p4

for a ext3 filesystem on a VMWARE-player machine, before doing it on a 
production server.

Kind regards,

Gustavo



Colin Jack escreveu:
> Sorry if this is a bit of a noob question ... but I need to reduce the
> size of my /var and add it to the /home.
>
> This is just a temp solution whilst we organise some bigger drives,
but
> it will solve the immediate problem.
>
> I have seen a friend do this by typing furiously at the CLI but
haven't
> done it myself, particularly on an active server!
>
> Some handholding would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Colin
>
>

I think Michael has scared me enough :)

Colin





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