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How to resize your HDD after upgrade

Disable Swap

[root@takatest ~]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                Type        Size    Used    Priority
/dev/vda2                               partition   1048572 0   -2

[root@takatest ~]# swapoff -a

[root@takatest ~]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                Type        Size    Used    Priority

 

Remove any references found in fstab (Add a hashtag in front of /dev/vda2)

Reboot

vi /etc/fstab

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Mon Jan  8 06:13:00 2018
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/vda1        /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
#/dev/vda2       swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

[root@takatest ~]# reboot

 

Delete the swap and main partition. 

Then repartition whole drive.

Reboot

[root@takatest ~]# fdisk -l
 
Disk /dev/vda: 343.6 GB, 343597383680 bytes, 671088640 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000958c2
 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/vda1   *        2048   668989055   334493504   83  Linux
/dev/vda2       668989056   671086207     1048576   82  Linux swap / Solaris




[root@takatest ~]# fdisk /dev/vda
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2).
 
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
 
 
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1,2, default 2): 2
Partition 2 is deleted
 
Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1
Partition 1 is deleted
 
Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
   e   extended
Select (default p):
Using default response p
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
First sector (2048-671088639, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-671088639, default 671088639):
Using default value 671088639
Partition 1 of type Linux and of size 320 GiB is set
 
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
 
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
 
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.



[root@takatest ~]#reboot

 

Resize partition to file system

[root@takatest ~]# resize2fs /dev/vda1
resize2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
Filesystem at /dev/vda1 is mounted on /; on-line resizing required
old_desc_blocks = 40, new_desc_blocks = 40
The filesystem on /dev/vda1 is now 83885824 blocks long.
 
[root@takatest ~]# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       315G  1.4G  298G   1% /
devtmpfs        7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /dev
tmpfs           7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           7.8G  8.5M  7.8G   1% /run
tmpfs           7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /run/user/0

 

If you still require swap space follow the following article:

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-centos-7/

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