repartition active machine

[Bob Hartung]

Hi all,
   Here is the issue & I am a relative newbie:
    I have a older Linux server with two partitions: /mammdata and 
/rgdata.  The latter partition is no longer needed as the storage 
requirements exploded and it was all moved to a NAS.  /mammdata is 
almost full.  Will this scenario work:

1.  Back up all data on /mammdata (this is a SMB share)
2.  fdisk and delete the partitions /mammdata and /rgdata1
3.  create a new partition to use all the space no longer used by the 
two deleted partitions
4.  mkfs.ext3 -jvL pt-data
5.  restore the backed up data from originally on /mammdata

Thanks for you input,

Bob

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote:
> Hi all,
>   Here is the issue & I am a relative newbie:
>    I have a older Linux server with two partitions: /mammdata and
> /rgdata.  The latter partition is no longer needed as the storage
> requirements exploded and it was all moved to a NAS.  /mammdata is
> almost full.  Will this scenario work:
> Back up all data on /mammdata (this is a SMB share)
> fdisk and delete the partitions /mammdata and /rgdata1
> create a new partition to use all the space no longer used by the
>
> two deleted partitions
> 4.  mkfs.ext3 -jvL pt-data

You'll probably need a reboot here.  And DON"T forget to fix /etc/fstab 
before the reboot.
> restore the backed up data from originally on /mammdata
>
> Thanks for you input,
>
> Bob

[Bob Hartung]

Thanks.  I forgot about the nasty old fstab - successfully tried real 
hard to forget it!  :)

Thanks again,

Bob

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >   Here is the issue & I am a relative newbie:
> >    I have a older Linux server with two partitions: /mammdata and
> > /rgdata.  The latter partition is no longer needed as the storage
> > requirements exploded and it was all moved to a NAS.  /mammdata is
> > almost full.  Will this scenario work:
> > Back up all data on /mammdata (this is a SMB share)
> > fdisk and delete the partitions /mammdata and /rgdata1
> > create a new partition to use all the space no longer used by the
> >
> > two deleted partitions
> > 4.  mkfs.ext3 -jvL pt-data
>
> You'll probably need a reboot here.  And DON"T forget to fix /etc/fstab 
> before the reboot.
> > restore the backed up data from originally on /mammdata
> >
> > Thanks for you input,
> >
> > Bob

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote:
> Thanks.  I forgot about the nasty old fstab - successfully tried real
> hard to forget it!  :)

And that's another of those "Oh fudge" moments...
> Thanks again,
>
> Bob
>
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 31 March 2007, Bob Hartung wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >   Here is the issue & I am a relative newbie:
> > >    I have a older Linux server with two partitions: /mammdata and
> > > /rgdata.  The latter partition is no longer needed as the storage
> > > requirements exploded and it was all moved to a NAS.  /mammdata is
> > > almost full.  Will this scenario work:
> > > Back up all data on /mammdata (this is a SMB share)
> > > fdisk and delete the partitions /mammdata and /rgdata1
> > > create a new partition to use all the space no longer used by the
> > >
> > > two deleted partitions
> > > 4.  mkfs.ext3 -jvL pt-data
> >
> > You'll probably need a reboot here.  And DON"T forget to fix
> > /etc/fstab before the reboot.
> > > restore the backed up data from originally on /mammdata
> > >
> > > Thanks for you input,
> > >
> > > Bob