Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:05:56 +1000 (EST) From: Jason Oakley <waulok@bangrocks.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: modifying partition sizes? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106141605200.78209-100000@snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20010614080339.A23540@student.uu.se>
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Yeh, that's what I had to do. mv /var /usr/var ln -s /usr/var /var On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Erik Trulsson wrote: ]:On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:35:58PM -0700, Sean Knox wrote: ]:> I should have been a little clearer: I have unused space on /usr that I want ]:> to allocate to /var. any advice? ]: ]:Backup the full contents of /var and /usr. ]:Change the sizes of the partitions with disklabel or sysinstall. ( Only ]:works if they are adjacent on the disk.) Do a newfs on the partitions. ]:Restore the backups. ]: ]:The backup/restore step is absolutely necessary since changing the size ]:of a partition will lose all information on that partition. ]: ]:If the above does not sound fun (which it shouldn't :-) ) the you might move ]:a directory or two from /var to /usr and put symlinks in its place in ]:/var. ]: ]:> ]:> Sean ]:> -----Original Message----- ]:> From: Sean Knox [mailto:Sknox@CQOS.COM] ]:> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:17 PM ]:> To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) ]:> Subject: modifying partition sizes? ]:> ]:> ]:> I checked the Handbook for info on this but didn't find what I was looking ]:> for. would someone point me in the right direction on how to do this? tools ]:> and/or howto's? ]:> ]: ]:-- ]:<Insert your favourite quote here.> ]:Erik Trulsson ]:ertr1013@student.uu.se ]: ]: ]:To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ]:with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ]: ---------------------------- You should be Banging Rocks! http://www.bangrocks.com _ .oO(_)Oo. I'd far rather be happy than right, any day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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