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# 1  
Old 06-14-2011
Data increase root partition
i am using redhat 5.4 and my root size shows 98 %, how can i increase root size

Code:
# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2              77G   16G   75G  98%    /
/dev/sda1             2.4G   82M  2.2G   4%    /boot
tmpfs                 3.8G     0  3.8G       0%    /dev/shm
none                  3.8G  104K  3.8G      1%   /var/lib/xenstored

pls suggest
Last edited by pludi; 06-14-2011 at 10:12 AM..
# 2  
Old 06-14-2011
Maybe any live CD/USB with gparted can help? If you do not have any space on sda1 I think you should either remove something or buy another disk...

Sorry if this is a fool suggestion.
# 3  
Old 06-14-2011
no i have space. i have created 10 Gb lvm, now i want to increase root size...
# 4  
Old 06-14-2011
/dev/sda2 77G 16G 75G 98% /


here 16 GB is used then how come 98% filled check the system.....
# 5  
Old 06-14-2011
Ravi,

As with other logical volumes you cannot the extend / volume easily.

df output shows only 16 GB is used, check the list of all the open files via lsof command so that you can get an idea which is causing high disk space consumption by looking at the output.
# 6  
Old 06-14-2011
Something does not make any sense here.

First of all the OP states that he is using LVM but that is not what df output shows.
Second, the df output for / is suspicious.
# 7  
Old 06-14-2011
In case you created a new 10 GB logical volume (besides your non-LVM root disk), you cannot attach a logical volume to a disk that is not managed by LVM.

Please post the output of:

Code:
lvdisplay
vgdisplay
pvdisplay
fdisk -l
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