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How to Resize Root Partition of Oracle Linux Instance in OCI

edited Jun 28, 2022 8:02AM in Linux

Applies To:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal:

To resize root partition of an Oracle Linux instance in OCI.

Solution:

  • Login onto OCI UI/Console.
  • Stop the instance in question.
  • Detach the boot volume.
  • Resize the boot volume to a larger size.
  • Attach the boot volume.
  • Start the instance.
  • SSH into the instance to check the new boot volume size.
# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0   52G  0 disk             <<-- new boot volume size
├─sda2   8:2    0    8G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda3   8:3    0 38.4G  0 part /           <<-- old partition size
└─sda1   8:1    0  200M  0 part /boot/efi
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