looking for the output of format as far as the disk with the root partition on it. we can make a better assessment with that.
however, you would have to back up /export/home. change start cylinder of /export/home (shrinking this), change cylinders for swap and then change the end cylinder for root (thus making it larger). save, label etc.
once out growfs /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0. newfs /export/home. restore /export/home
looking for the output of format as far as the disk with the root partition on it. we can make a better assessment with that.
however, you would have to back up /export/home. change start cylinder of /export/home (shrinking this), change cylinders for swap and then change the end cylinder for root (thus making it larger). save, label etc.
once out growfs /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0. newfs /export/home. restore /export/home
something to this effect.
Any of these items need to be done in single user mode per se?
I'm following your thought here - makes sense - but I'm just trying to apply what I know.
Thanks for the insight. I will start doing some RTFM before I post more 'WTF'.
I don't think there is anything to change with swap which should be located elsewhere assuming you used the default layout.
To be sure, post the output of this command:
Code:
# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s2
However, there is an issue with these steps. The growfs command cannot be used with the root partition according to its documentation. That means this won't work even in single user mode.
One possible workaround would be to boot on an installation media and run all of that from a shell there.
In any case, you should really make a reliable backup of your system before attempting this.
interesting. i see what you mean jiliagre. thanks for pointing that out. i thought i had seen it before but i guess the documentation proves me wrong (i've actually never attempted to grow the root fs but i've done this with other FSs).
when i get home i want to try this out on the root fs though. see if it truly is the case.
I don't think there is anything to change with swap which should be located elsewhere assuming you used the default layout.
To be sure, post the output of this command:
Code:
# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s2
However, there is an issue with these steps. The growfs command cannot be used with the root partition according to its documentation. That means this won't work even in single user mode.
One possible workaround would be to boot on an installation media and run all of that from a shell there.
In any case, you should really make a reliable backup of your system before attempting this.
I found a huge vmcore file that was 600+MB. None of my lab people needed it, so I backed it up to another server, then rm -rf'ed it locally. Now I've got some space to work with, and the patching seems to be coming along just fine.
I'm keeping my eye on this thread anyhow, since you make some valid points.
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