leonh%hhb@Princeton.EDU (leon howorth) (03/18/89)
Reply-to: leonh%hhb@Princeton.EDU (leon howorth) Maybe someone can help me with a disk partitioning question. I'm running Ultrix 2.2 on a VAX 11/785 with 3 ra81's. Disk ra0 currently has the default partitioning, with root in ra0a, swap in ra0b, etc. I want to repartition this disk - but NOT the root or swap partitions. I want to leave partitions "a" and "b" as is. What I'm wondering is whether I can repartition the other filesystems on that disk without affecting the root filesystem. Of course, I would have a recent dump of root available just in case. Can I do the following to change the sizes of partitions "e" (in which I have /var) and "f" (which is /usr) ?? Perform a 0 level dump of /var (ra0e) and /usr (ra0f). Dismount those two filesystems. Use "chpt" to change the sizes of "e" and "f" (note: they will be larger). /etc/newfs the new partitions and run /etc/fsck. Mount the new partitions "e" and "f" and restore the files. I would perform the above in single-user mode. Can I do this without affecting the root filesystem ?? *********************************************************************** Leon Howorth, HHB Systems hhb\!leonh Voice: 201-848-8000,ext 243