How to increase Static Partition size❓
Getting confused🤔, cause I am saying static then how can it be increased. But it is possible, there is a way through which you can increase your static partition size. Wanna know that then below are the steps.
Step1: Checking available storage
In the storage /dev/sdb I have 10Gib completely unused so I am using this.
fdisk -l
Step2: Using the /dev/sdb device to create a partition.
fdisk /dev/sdb
Using this your terminal will land in the storage device where you can create & delete partition, &, etc things on that device. For first, I have created a partition of 4Gib in size. After that, I will show you how to increase it.
Note: Some storage cmds -
>p — To get details
>n — To create a partition
>w — Save created partitions & move out
So from the above steps, we got a partition of size 4Gib named /dev/sdb1.
Step3: Formatting & Mounting the partition
I have formatted using .ext4 type partition & mounted it on /static_part directory. Mounting can be confirmed also.
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 : To format
mount /dev/sdb1 /static_part : To mount
df -h : To conform mounting
Step4: Adding data to the directory
Here I had created a file named test.txt and put some data on it so that I can check after increasing storage does it remains or not.
Now, let's start the process of increasing the storage size.
Step5: Unmounting partition
umount /dev/sdb1
Step6: Increasing Partition Size
In this, I have first deleted the pre-created partition then again create the partition from the same point as was before .up to 8Gib size.
Step7: Checking file system & Ressizing the partition
e2fcsk -f /dev/sdb1
resize2fs /dev/sdb1
Step8: Mouting agian
Mount the partition on the pre-created directory. After then if you see your data is still present in the directory.
Hope you understand, if you have any queries, please ping me → 🔗
Thank You for reading.
