Sorry to ask a probably basic question, but this just isn't as easy to do
as it is on my "native" platforms.
I'm trying to increase the size of the root partition (/). The disklabel
command gives something that looks close, but I'm not sure about it, and
don't want to mess the system up.
I'd like to be able to say, increase size by 100MB, and the system go
away and do it, reporting any errors. Can I simply use disklabel -e to
edit the size of the partition? What are the consequences of doing it to
the root partition? How do I tell how much of the disk is effectively
unallocated?
FYI I include the output from the disklabel command:-
a: 131072 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 82*)
b: 782736 131072 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 82*- 576*)
c: 4110480 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - 2594)
d: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
e: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
f: 0 0 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
g: 2097152 913808 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 576*- 1900*)
h: 1099520 3010960 unused 1024 8192 # (Cyl. 1900*- 2594*)
If I increase (a), how will this affect the swap space (b).
I know this list will come up with the goods, so thanks in advance.
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Received on Tue Dec 19 1995 - 12:19:06 NZDT