Repartitioning

[stoolpigeon]

I am running Red Hat 7.3 as my first linux box.

I installed w/the defaults but now I would like to change the way my hard drive is partitioned. I want to make /usr smaller and /var larger. (/dev/hda2 is /usr and /dev/hda6 is /var)

What would be the best way to go about this change while leaving all my current data intact?

Thanks for the help,
Ron

 

[MrTom]

unless the machine performs a specific task then i'd just go for one big partition. the days of small drives and unreliable file systems are gone!

 

[fluid11]

I wouldn't recommend one big partition on a server. A runaway log file that fills the / partition can bring the server to its knees. For a simple workstation, I just create a small /boot, swap, and /.

I haven't done this before with Linux, but you might want to try PartitionMagic to resize the partitions. Its a commercial product...

http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

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