Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 01:55:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Kupferschmidt <sk@isprime.com> To: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I delete a partition (or is it a slice?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306160153340.30521-100000@lexus.isprime.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030616120100.00a47500@127.0.0.1>
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Hello, You could simply format the new disk and mount it as /usr/home. However, you would have to mount it elsewhere temporarily to move the real /usr/home data to this new partition. I would really have to see your fstab file to see how you got it set up, but even if you have an existing partition for /usr/home it could be renamed and used for something else. Hope this info helps. Sincerely, Scott Kupferschmidt On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Roger Merritt wrote: > I have a chance to get my hands on a 4-GB hard drive that's being replaced > by a 40-GB drive. My other machine really needs more space (it also has a > 4-GB drive), and I'd like to move the /usr/home slice (or is it partition?) > to the new(er) HDD and delete the /usr/home slice from the older drive. I > presume the space would then be available to the /usr partition (the two > are adjacent and /usr/home was created after /usr). Would deleting the > slice cause my partition table to be rewritten with disastrous results? > > Or would it be better to set up three slices, for /, /var, and /usr, on the > new drive, transfer the data from the old drive with backup and restore, > backing up the contents of /usr/home to a tarball on the new drive, then > repartition the old drive with a single slice, /usr/home, and copy the > backup tarball? > > Also, since these two drives would be on the same cable, would using tar to > transfer the data be faster than backup and restore? > > -- > Roger > > _______________________________________________ > 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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