Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:41:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?=) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partition deletion and creation Message-ID: <200404081541.i38Ff2v10700@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040408152347.24355.qmail@web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> from "=?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?=" at Apr 08, 2004 04:23:47 PM
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> > Hi list, > I have freeBSD installed on my 40 GB HDD with the > foll. layout: > / = 512MB > swap=1GB > /var=512MB > /tmp=512MB > /usr=8GB > /home=26GB > (It should roughly total to the max available ~37GB) > I want to have /home resized to 20GB and then create 4 > mount points /u01=3GB,/u02=2GB,/u03=512MB,/u04=512MB. > > I have 2 options: > 1. using /stand/sysinstall-->fdisk to delete /home, > create the new partitions, and then mount the > mount-points. Q=will this format all older partitions > (/usr,/...), forcing me to reinstall FreeBSD again? > Clearly I don't want this. I have spent quite a while > to get the setup running. I believe that /stand/sysinstall treats the whole disk as new and will build file systems on all partitions rather than just partitions that have been tinkered with. I could well be wrong and /stand/sysinstall could be more sophisticated than I think, but I wouldn't bank on it short of going through the code. ////jerry > > 2. create links to /home/u01 from /u01, /home/u02 from > /u02.. > ln -s /home/u01 /u01 > Can I install Oracle this way? > > Since the second Q borders on DB and FreeBSD, I am > sending this to both lists. > > Thanks in advance... > Tk > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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