CentOS Insufficient space in download directory /var/cache/yum/base/packages
I was trying to yum install libpcap when I got Error Downloading Packages: 14:libpcap-0.9.4-15.el5.i386: Insufficient space in download directory /var/cache/yum/base/packages * free 0 * needed 108...
View Articleis there any advantage mounting an LV by UUID instead of by path?
I know I can specify mounts in fstab by either putting their path (like /dev/sda1 or /dev/mapper/myvg-logicalVolume1) or by fs label (LABEL=root) or by UUID (UUID=1234-5678-...).I see a clear advantage...
View ArticleWindows Server - how to shrink partition on GPT disk from the front?
I'm looking for a way to shrink a partition on a GPT disk from the front on production servers.With diskpart it's only possible to shrink the space from the end.Ideally while running
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Strange Drive Allocation Issue On Azure SQL Server VM Data Drive Expansion -...
I'm using this image: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/microsoftsqlserver.sql2022-ws2022?tab=overviewTo create a VM in Azure, as part of this setup I'm shuffling the drive...
View Articledf says disk is full, but it is not
On a virtualized server running Ubuntu 10.04, df reports the following:# df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/sda1 7.4G 7.0G 0 100% /none 498M 160K 498M 1% /devnone 500M 0 500M 0%...
View ArticleExtending root partition of a Linux OS while it is running or being used
There are 2 options I use to extend a root partition:partedgrowpartWhile former (parted) supports online resizing for a Linux system in a cloud environment, it can't be used for the same in my virtual...
View ArticleIn linux, how can I determine what processes are using a block device?
I have a disk in a server that I'm migrating to a LVM volume group. Previously, it was using traditional DOS-disk partitioning, hdb[1-5].I've unmounted every filesystem from hdb, shut off swap using...
View ArticleShrink partition to exactly fit the underlying filesystem size
Recently i shrinked an ext4 filesystem size to 500GBdf -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/sda2 493G 64G 404G 14% /now i want to shrink the partition size to fit exactly to the filesystem...
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