how to increase /root space

[Swapana Ghosh]

Hi
 
 >>Try fdisk -l /dev/hdX or sdX where X is the disk
and look for free
>>space. df -h gives easier to read info:

[root at server boot]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda7             494M  210M  258M  45% /
/dev/sda3              23M   22M  283k  99% /boot
none                  630M     0  629M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda9              61M  5.0M   52M   9% /tmp
/dev/sda5              40G  8.4G   29G  22% /usr
/dev/sda6              24G  3.4G   19G  15% /var
/dev/sda2            1011M  823M  137M  86% /home
[root at server boot]#

[root at server boot]# fdisk -l /dev/sda3

Disk /dev/sda3: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

     Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id 
System
[root at server boot]#


>>What's the output of "mount|column -tx"? It will
show the filesystem type.

how to increase /root space 
[root at server boot]# mount|column -tx
/dev/sda7  on  /              type  ext3      (rw)
none       on  /proc          type  proc      (rw)
usbdevfs   on  /proc/bus/usb  type  usbdevfs  (rw)
/dev/sda3  on  /boot          type  ext3      (rw)
none       on  /dev/pts       type  devpts   
(rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none       on  /dev/shm       type  tmpfs     (rw)
/dev/sda9  on  /tmp           type  ext3      (rw)
/dev/sda5  on  /usr           type  ext3      (rw)
/dev/sda6  on  /var           type  ext3      (rw)
/dev/sda2  on  /home          type  ext3      (rw)
[root at server boot]#


Best regards.
-Swapna



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