From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 09:08:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6958116A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:08:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBB4143D49 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:08:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i39G8d26001771 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:08:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i39G8dmf001770; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:08:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:08:39 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Grant Peel Message-ID: <20040409160839.GA1630@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Grant Peel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000801c41e4a$e5acb250$6501a8c0@grant> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c41e4a$e5acb250$6501a8c0@grant> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Partition Sizing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:08:55 -0000 --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 11:54:09AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I want to change my backup strategy a bit. Please review: >=20 > 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 >=20 >=20 > What I would like to do is: >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAdsqHdtESqEQa7a0RAnRUAJ40qcX67SKR3CoqwRXtA0P6WY/eNQCcDuqM EuFiK795RlGf40CdO/iEbRA= =HD42 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--