[aklug] Re: rearranging a partition table

On Friday 14 December 2012 20:31:09 you wrote:
> While playing with a VM (VirtualBox 4.x), I ran out of room on the
> drive.
>
> Since this VM was just a version I was using to goof around, I
> thought, what the heck, let's try to extend it.
>
> Using VboxManage I was able to make the vdi extend from 15G to 25G.
>
> Of course, this doesn't fix the problem because the existing
> partitions only extended to the 15G mark...so I had to move them.
>
> This was fairly strait forward because there were only two
> partitions, swap and everything else.
>
> Swap was configured on an extended partion as partition 5.
>
> Also, I wanted to do this on the system that was currently
> mounted..to see what sorts of problems I could get myself into... :)
>
> Because the goal was to not trash the VM, I took it careful by
> following these general steps.
>
> Wrote down the existing partition table information.
> Turned off Swap
> Deleted the extended partition(2) and the swap partition(5).
> wrote the new table
> rebooted so the system would be using the new partition table
>
> everything OK so far, rebooted fine (didn't even have to modify
> /etc/fstab)
>
> Now the scary part...I removed the remaining partition(1) and
> recreated it to utilize more of the newly configured space. Being
> careful to start it at the exact same starting point as was initially
> configured.
>
> Next, the extended partition(2) and the swap partition(5) were
> recreated.
>
> Wrote the new partition table and rebooted again....fingers crossed.
>
> Everything came back up without an issue after a mkswap the new swap
> partition and adding it back to the /etc/fstab (the UUID had changed)
>
> Back in business!
>
> It isn't clear if a real machine would behave similarly, but it was
> an exciting exercise just the same.
>
> It would be great to hear about other folks experiences and
> solutions.
>

I wanted more space also,

 I created amother disk and attached it to the controller in Vbox. I
mounted it as my /home, could do this with /usr/local or a /pub
depending on needs. multiple disks intead of expanding the current one
was the esyier route for me. ymmv

-- 
Peace,
Greg
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