[glug-t] Re: partition

On 7/7/05, Vignesh Waran <vignesh.viki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried mke2fs and the partition is now ext2.Now i can mount and use
> it(before also i could do that but now the filesystem is
> different).But still my root partition has only 632 MB free space.Is
> there anyway to increase that.
The size of the root partition will never increase(unless and
otherwise you reinstall GNU/linux again on a new bigger partition).
Mounting a partiton doesn't affect the size of the root fs. The only
thing you can do is mount the partitiona and you can use with all the
facilities of a linux partition (like FAPs). Perhaps one thing you can
try is move your /home directory to the new formatted partiton. This
will help to free up some space.
> /dev/hda6 was windows d drive
> now it is converted to ext2
> 
> when i type 'df' it is not listed (/dev/hda6 ) .Only when i mount it
> it is listed.
This behaviour is correct. df lists only the mounted partiton. If you
wish to list all your partitions you can use:
fdisk -l /dev/hda
Read : man fdisk
If you don't have fdisk installed you can use some other partitoning
software whichever you have to list partitions.
                                                 - Arpit
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