[TriLUG] Claiming an unused partition

[Jason Tower]

just run fdisk /dev/sda and create a new partition, you can do this on a 
running system just fine.  then run mkfs.ext3 (or mke2fs -j) /dev/sdbX 
to make a filesystem on it.  create a mount point and mount it, make an 
entry in /etc/fstab if you want to make it permanent and you're all 
set, no rebooting required.

jason

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 13:20, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> I've got two 9GB SCSI drives.  fdisk -l reports:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 9100 MB, 9100369920 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1106 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *         1        13    104391   83  Linux
> /dev/sda2            14        78    522112+  82  Linux swap
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 9100 MB, 9100369920 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1106 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1   *         1      1106   8883913+  83  Linux
>
> So I'm not using most of dev/sda, it only has two small partitions,
> boot and swap
>
> What's the best way to create a new partition or partitions in the
> unused space? Can I do this from a running system, or do I really
> need to reboot from a floppy? What's the best tool to use?
>
> I've never repartitioned a linux system before, so I'm a little
> skeered! I'm still running RH9 (I know, I know)