topic Re: Extending file system in Operating System - Linux

Extending file system

Sachin Patel — Fri, 25 May 2001 20:16:29 GMT

Hi
I have Linux 6.2 on 10gb IDE drive. I have add new 20GB on it. I used fdisk and remove old partition and create new partition. How do I add this new space in my current partation /usr?
I have not run any fs command on it yet.

Sachin

Re: Extending file system

Bernd Reize — Mon, 28 May 2001 05:58:56 GMT

Hi Sachin,
if i understood you, you have currently mounted your /usr on an 10G partition, and want to move it to another partition with 20G.

first you have to create a filesyste on the new partition with one of the following commands:
"mkreiserfs /dev/hdXX" or "mke2fs /dev/hdXX".
i recommend reiserfs, cause it journals.
in the next step you have to move your data from the old /usr to the new one. for this mount the new partition on /mnt.
for copying the data your should NOT use cp!
cp would replace all file ownerships with the current user (in this case, normally root).
instead, copy the data with tar:

cd /usr
tar -cSpf - * | (cd /mnt; tar -xSpvf - *)

next verify if everything was copied correctly.
if so, you could umount your old /usr and mount the new one.

Re: Extending file system

Vincenzo Restuccia — Mon, 28 May 2001 08:52:48 GMT

If you have lvm:
#lvextend -L xxx /dev/vgxx/lvolx
#extendfs /dev/vgxx/rlvolx

Re: Extending file system

Laurent Paumier — Mon, 28 May 2001 11:45:04 GMT

Why would you need 20G for /usr ?
Maybe instead of moving your old /usr to this new disk you should consider moving your data out of /usr or creating a new mount point /usr/my_big_appl.
Just my opinion...

Re: Extending file system

Sachin Patel — Tue, 29 May 2001 16:52:21 GMT

Hi Bernd,
Everythig works fine except I used
tar -cSpf - * |(cd /mnt;tar -xSpvf *) (- didn't work for me)

Thanks
Sachin

Re: Extending file system

Ted M Johnson — Sat, 02 Jun 2001 00:28:03 GMT

I was wondering if you had tried resize2fs on this, and if so did it fail? If you have the new partition already created, then resize2fs should work. I've had good results with it, and it seems to be the simplest method to do what you explain.