I have a computer that is running Slackware linux on a 6.4 GB hard drive,
partitioned with 64 MB swap and the rest mounted on /. This box handles
many things, including being a news server using the "suck" method to pull
newsgroups. Recently, I have had a tremendous leap in articles being sucked
from upstream onto my server for users to see. (yeah, those kind). I have
had a jump from 12% HD usage to 46% HD usage in just over a month, and it
is continuing to climb rather steadily. In an effort to head off an obvious
problem, that of running out of HD space, I am trying to decide what to do.
Should I add another hard drive and either make the partition span both
drives, or, mount the new HD, (a 13.3 GB BTW) as a new partition (but how,
since the HD in place is already mounted as /,) OR.... Attempt to use a
program such as the new version of Drive Copy (by Powerquest) that I have
in an attempt to move the entire contents to the new drive. This later
method would seem to be the best option, but as I know that it can increase
the partitions for FAT,FAT32, NTFS, HPFS etc.. but it does NOT mention
ext2fs. I believe that it will copy byte for byte the data for ext2fs, but,
how would I get fdisk to recognize the new space, if that is even possible?
This is a production machine, handling mail, dial-up access, etc. and I
cannot take a chance of hosing it. Is there anything anybody can recommend,
short of reinstalling the entire system? (and if that is the only option,
how would you recommend doing it to minimize downtime?) I have been
working with linux for about a year, but I do not pretend to even be close
to an expert. I am looking for ideas /suggestions / pointers / places to
look for info/ --from those of you who are experts.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Matt Nelson, N5TKN
Owner / Manager
NCC Internet
http://www.nccinternet.com
admin@nccinternet.com
"Who died and made you root@everywhere????"
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