I was surprised to find google did not easily return an answer on a simple question like: "linux hard drive failure email alerts" or "ubuntu alerts for hard drive failure."
Sure, it gave me stuff...
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I was surprised to find google did not easily return an answer on a simple question like: "linux hard drive failure email alerts" or "ubuntu alerts for hard drive failure."
Sure, it gave me stuff...
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How to shrink the root dir in Linux, using LVM, create a new partition for /home with the free space left over from the shrinkage, format it ext4 and make it mount at boot:
[Note: I...
That guide was great:
http://blog.shadypixel.com/how-to-shrink-an-lvm-volume-safely/
I used the rescue cd it recommended: SystemRescueCD. It worked like a champ to resize my root volume, and...
Ah ok I gotcha. Yes I realize it must be done with root not mounted.
That page you sent is great. Reading it now.
Thanks much. I'm still up for any advice however....
Ah very good. Should have googled harder.
I have lvm2 already I believe:
lvm version:
LVM version: 2.02.54(1) (2009-10-26)
Library version: 1.02.39 (2009-10-26)
Driver version: ...
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04.3 and did LVM2 from the install -- basically let it make it all.
Here my output of df -h:
root@server1:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use%...
I've had a tertiary Ubuntu box for some time that couldn't access the public gateway, but did fine private. I finally decide to see why, and realized I had enabled the 2nd NIC some time back for a...