2008/10/29 Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net>:
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On Wednesday, 2008-10-29 at 15:13 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
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Is it possible to use opensuse 11 software installed via YAST ie no hand compiling, to increase the size of the /boot partition, NON-DESTRUCTIVELY ie without reinstalling the whole system again?
Hardly.
You can increse some partition types if there are free tracks just after it, which will not be the case.
If you use LVM, perhaps (some filesystem types only).
Ok, non understanding is setting in :) It looks like a complete format and reload is required. I do not mind, as long as I only have to do it once and undertstand how it all works so I can adminster it. Tnx to Anton for the LVM pointer. CArlos tnx as well. The filesystems being used will only be ext3. This is how I understand it all from what I have read. Please correct the errors in my understanding. LVM is a way to accumulate/join disk space on a few drives and then partition that total space into logical drives/partitions. Using this definition I could use LVM to create a single partition that I could then create three /boot, /, and /home logical partitions and then RAID 5 those partitions that are in the LVM partition? Can it also be said that this type of LVM RAID does not incorporate the ability to recover from a single disk failure of RAID as two of the logical partitions of the RAID array may be on the same failed HDD. If the HDD fails, I have just got to hope the backups are up to date? Given my above assumption and that different physical devices can be stipulated for each logical partition under LVM, LVM does not look like a beast I want to play with, especially as I want to keep the RAID 5 on / and /home. How can I boot a linux system when the /boot partition has gone south? Will starting from the 11.0 CD work and choosing 'Boot installed system'? Oh WHEN will openSUSE ship a partitioning tool with their DVD that will allow non-destructive partition resizing? Does anyone have a Bugzilla report I can vote on to request this? Now whilst RAID is not a backup mechanism it certainly enables fewer backups to be taken as the fs is looked after better. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org