Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:08:39 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Partition Sizing Message-ID: <20040409160839.GA1630@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000801c41e4a$e5acb250$6501a8c0@grant> References: <000801c41e4a$e5acb250$6501a8c0@grant>
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On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 11:54:09AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I want to change my backup strategy a bit. Please review:
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> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/amrd0s1a 484M 219M 227M 49% /
> /dev/amrd0s1d 3.8G 2.7G 764M 78% /backup
> /dev/amrd0s1h 7.6G 5.7G 1.3G 81% /home
> /dev/amrd0s1g 992M 444M 469M 49% /mail
> /dev/amrd0s1e 4.7G 2.3G 2.0G 53% /usr
> /dev/amrd0s1f 14G 2.1G 11G 16% /var
> procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
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> What I would like to do is:
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> downsize the /var part by 2.0 GB;
> loose the /backup part alltogether;
> add 1 GB to the /mail part;
> add the remaining 4.8 GB to the /ome part.
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> Any ideas on strategy / directions for accomplishing this?
Well, you're going to modify 4 of your 6 partitions directly: many of
which modifications will involve moving the start of the partition.
You'll also end up moving the /usr partition which means that the only
untouched partition will be /
There's no point fiddling about with this sort of wholesale change:
backup the system (onto different media, clearly) and reinstall from
scratch, with your new partitioning scheme. Then restore your backups
-- note that since you've taken out the /backup partition, the
partition numbering may change, so don't overwrite /etc/fstab.
Cheers,
Matthew
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