Changing Partition on SUSE9

[bp_linux]

My /usr partition is full, what to increase its size. When I try to change these to the yast it is giving me errors that “unmounts the file system and retry resizing”.

When I try to unmount a /usr dir it shows that device is busy.

Linux2:~ # umount /usr
umount: /usr: device is busy
umount: /usr: device is busy

Does anyone known how to do these.

Thanks,

[kahoona]

I don't think you can unmount your /usr directory while your system is running. That would be bad. You can try booting into a single user mode and then making the size change, but I'm not sure if there is a way to increase it on-the-fly or not.

[devils casper]

i would suggest you resize partition using GParted LiveCD. it has Graphical User Interface and easy to use.

[kahoona]

If there is a way to increase it on-the-fly, I think gogalthorp would probably know. However, the "GParted LiveCD" sounds like the best option so far.

[bp_linux]

Does "GParted LiveCD" is supported on X2200 server?

[devils casper]

GParted is Partition Manager and you can create/resize/delete partitions with it.

[bp_linux]

I burned the CD with Gparted ISO image and rebooted the server, it didn't help.

Do we need to follow any special procedure for these. I am new to these...

[devils casper]

whats the error message? post the output of 'fdisk -l' command here.

EDIT:
post the output of 'df -h' command too.

[bp_linux]

After the reboot it is giving me an login prompt,

Linx:~ # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 66 530113+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda2 * 67 132 530145 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 133 1044 7325640 8e Linux LVM

[devils casper]

its not possible to resize LVM with GParted. i am not familiar with LVM and i hope someone will chime in soon and help you.
check this tutorial.