Easiest way to resize Linux partition?

[jwilson]

How can you tell how much free space is on your drive? I think my Linux partition is full.

What's the easiest way to increase the partition size? I tried to do it from my windows partition using Partition Magic but I got a weird arror saying: "Can't lock a device that's already locked" or something close to that. I'm using RH7

Thanks in advance!

[bdg1983]

'df' is one of the commands for disk space. 'man df' for the manual pages.
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/shells/basic.html is a good place to start for linux commands. Right here in the NHF's at LNO.

Maybe try using the bootable Partition Magic rescue disks instead. Did you search for the error message at Powerquest?

[tachyonism]

try 'df' or 'du -s dirname', you'll find out what they do.

I dunno how to resize your partition, but instead you can buy a new HD and mount it as /home :P

[Gaccm]

to resze partitions:
fdisk is you are a man :)
cfdisk if you like it menu style
there is a third but i cant remember, man cfdisk will tell you

[jwilson]

Originally posted by mdwatts:
'df' is one of the commands for disk space. 'man df' for the manual pages.
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/shells/basic.html is a good place to start for linux commands. Right here in the NHF's at LNO.

Maybe try using the bootable Partition Magic rescue disks instead. Did you search for the error message at Powerquest?

The PM boot disk worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch!

[bdg1983]

Your welcome. Good news.

Some either forget or do not realize that the 'Rescue Disks' can be used instead of installing PM on Windows. They give you the same fuctionality as the Windows counterpart.

Of course you need to install PM on Win first, install any patches for PM and then create the rescue disks. I then use them for all my installs without having to install PM again.