Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:07:52 -0400 From: Gerald A.Speak <gaspeak@va.prestige.net> To: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading HDD space on existing installation.. ideas? Message-ID: <20010925130755.7D03437B419@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109251216250.461-100000@athena.za.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109251216250.461-100000@athena.za.net>
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Hi, I know this isn't really the answer to your question just a suggestion for a temporary fix. I am assuming that you make use of the port system to install software. Have you gone through /usr/ports/distfiles and removed the old/un-needed distfiles? That may help clear up some space, also look for any *.core files that may be laying around. Speak On Tuesday 25 September 2001 06:22 am, Justin Stanford wrote: > Hi, > > My current workstation is running FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE, and resides on a > 10.2gb HDD. > > It looks like this: > > /dev/ad0s2a 48M 35M 9.2M 79% / > /dev/ad0s2f 6.8G 5.8G 537M 92% /usr > /dev/ad0s2e 19M 15M 2.5M 86% /var > > ad0s1 is the first partition on the drive, which contains Win98se. > > Now, as you can see, /usr is running out of space quite fast.. during > today's general worktime I hit -68.5M and realised that I am in need of an > HDD upgrade for some more space. > > Now, the problem presents itself in that, I have been using this > workstation since 4.0-RELEASE (and have been tracking 4.x-STABLE via > cvsup), and it is nothing trivial for me to just reinstall a fresh FreeBSD > and start over -- my machine has years of configuration, software > installation, etc, behind it, so I need to find some way to move to a new, > bigger HDD, while still exactly preserving my system.. not just /usr, > everything, like /etc, /var/, and so on. > > Various suggestions have been made, but I'm not sure what the best route > is to follow.. any suggestions, anyone? > > Many thanks in advance, > Justin > > PS: Kindly CC me any answers as I am not subscribed to the questions > list. If this question is not suitable for this list, kindly forward it to > the appropriate one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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