how to adjust the partion size of ubuntu 6.06?

[zhihang wang]

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> What *I* would do, is, I'd create a partiton of type 8E (Linux LVM)
> and make that a physical volume (PV). I'd then create a Volume Group out
> of this PV and create Logical Volumes (LV) on this VG. I'd then migrate



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How you migrate date from /dev/hda4 to LVs?

the data from /dev/hda4 to the LVs and finally make hda4 also a pv and
> add it to the VG, so that the space of hda3 is available to the VG.
> Benefit: Resizing lv's ("partitions") and thus also filesystems (at least
> reiserfs and xfs) will become a no-brainer: lvresize -L+123m
> /dev/Volume00/USR &&
> resize_reiserfs /dev/Volume00/USR
>
> See the LVM Howto at tldp.org: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO
>
> Alternatively, if you want to stick with old-style, unflexible
> partitioning,
> use a tool like gparted to resize your partition. But, as I said, I'd take
> the oppurtunity to switch to LVM.
>
> Oh, one important point to note: If you wish to access some of the data
> from another operting system (*BSD, Solaris, OS/2, Windows), then create
> at least one "exchange filesystem" on an old-style partition.
>
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Best Regards
zhihang wang
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