Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:50:38 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginner's question Message-ID: <20000622225038.L36643@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <200006221949.PAA04196@fac13.ds.psu.edu>; from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu on Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 03:49:41PM -0400 References: <016801bfdc7b$efb507d0$5531d5c6@coserve.org> <200006221949.PAA04196@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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Hi, I think this might be a better way of doing it. cd /usr tar cf - * | (cd /mnt; tar xvpf -) Make the changes to the /etc/fstab so that /usr gets mounted on the new slice. Reboot and then do what you like with the old one. Regards Willem Brown On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 03:49:41PM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > > I've just installed a new HD, mounted it to /mnt. I've got an old drive /usr > > (92% full) > > What do I need to do to "map" the new drive (lots of space) to /usr and > > create some more space on /usr? > > I don't think I"ve seen an answer, so . . . > > I'd boot as single user, or otherwise make sure no daemons, etc. > are running. > > Then > > cd /usr > mv * /mnt > cd / > mount /dev/whatever /usr > > then edit /etc/fstab to reflect that mounting, and you should be > in business > > hawk > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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