[lug] re-partition the primary master

[Paul Bille]

I'm in the process of upgrading to from RedHat7.0 Guiness to RedHat7.3
Valhalla.  After scanning for the packages to upgrade, I get a message
to the effect 
    /usr partition is too small, need 550+ mb

Can I re-partition the primary master without loosing all the data on
the drive?

It's a dual boot system with LINUX and Windows installed on the master
10gb drive partitioned as follows: Primary Master 10GB
	hda1	2048mb		/dos
	hda2	 104mb		/
	hda3	 104mb		LINUX swap
	hda5	1542mb		/usr	
	hda7	  54mb		/var
	hda8	6063mb		/home

There is a 1.6GB slave with Windows data and an unused Win operating
system: Secondary Slave 1.6GB
	hdb1	1584mb		Win FAT32

I have a /usr partition with 1.5GB that is only %72 utilized with RH 7.0
but apparently RH 7.3 needs > 2GB.  I wonder if I'll be able to
re-partition to take some of the space from /home and use it for /usr
without loosing all the data in /usr.

I'd like to preserve the LINUX system configuration information as well
as the Windows installation on the primary master, hence I prefer to do
a LINUX upgrade rather than a clean install.

Anyone been down this road?

Thanks,

Paul 
http://bille.cudenver.edu/author/