My Original Question:
Greetings OSFer's
I am running OSF 2.0b. When I fisrt Installed the System, I set up 2 raid
sets, the second of which is a raid level 5 of 4 1Gb drives.... At that
time I only needed 3 500Mb Partitions.... So I only set up those three in
the Partition Table........ I now (a year later) need to start using the
remaining 1.5 Gb storage left on the raid 5 set.
What is the easiest (safest) way to change the Partition Table so I can
mkfs on the rest of the Space. The Partition table as it stands now does
not include the Remaining space. I am using partitions a, d, e. I am
wanting to use f, g ,and h for three more 500Mb Partitions.
( I know I should have set this up at Install but, I hope there is a safe
way for me to correct it and the Machine has become System Critical.
Thanks in advance.
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Most Responses talked about ADVFS...
While Waiting on an answer..... and after memorizing (not litterally) the
man page on disklabel..... I....
BackDumped the System......
type disklabel -e re1
Editted the table.....
Disklabel man page says that it would not let you write a new table
with existing partitions decreased or changed while the file system was
mounted and open, but it did not mention much about unused space.....
SO.....
While leaving the existing partitions alone I simply added the file size
and offset for the remaining space on partitions f, g, and h.....
exited... it asked if I would like to write the label... I said yes. and
Boom.....
New Disklabel....
The existing partitions were untouched and perfectly okay.... :)
I did newfs on the three new partitions.. and I am now able to mount them.....
So in summary..... As long as you do not change what is already being used.....
Disklabel on a mounted drive creates no problems.... :)
Cheers
Thanks for all the Responses.
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Brian Rowan | Mosaic_at_Most Mushes I am on.
Systems Analyst |
Hampden-Sydney College |
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943 |
(804) 223-6208 |
brianr_at_lion.hsc.edu |
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