From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 23:51:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72AA16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 23:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B222843D31 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 23:51:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from ms-mss-01 ([10.10.4.12])i4K6oZ6j025277 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 23:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from socal.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HY000LQV30BJH@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 May 2004 23:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.6.204] (Forwarded-For: [24.25.245.126]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (mshttpd); Wed, 19 May 2004 20:50:35 -1000 Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:50:35 -1000 From: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com To: Nicholas Basila Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr out of space X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 06:51:07 -0000 > On Thursday 20 May 2004 02:19 am, hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com wrote: > > Aloha Nicholas > > Thanks for responding. I had just received a hint > > about growfs and while reading that I found out > > about newfs. I have indeed performed the newfs and > > can now mount /dev/da1s4f. > > Would it be possible to use growfs to add the new > > slice to /usr? > It is possible to use growfs, but in your case - more complicated, > as > you have /usr and the new /usr in two different slices. You'd have > to > resize the slice with fdisk, then use disklabel and growfs. I'm aware of that as I have been studying growfs and fdisk for the last half an hour. I wasn't wanting to waste that 2.3 Gig in the middle of slice 2 but now I think I'll use it for /home after I get /usr moved. Thanks again and wish me luck because here I go! Robert