Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:44:57 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: MET <met@uberstats.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to add more space to the /usr partition || DUMB ! Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020816134457.018b29d0@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020816181303.GJ389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <20020816180015.GC1946@grumpy.dyndns.org> <002801c2454b$60fbbe90$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> <20020816180015.GC1946@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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At 08:13 PM 8.16.2002 +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:00:15 -0500 >> From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> >> Subject: Re: How to add more space to the /usr partition || DUMB ! > >> If /usr is too lean for future use such as having enough space for >> rebuilding the system then "mkdir /home/obj" and "rm -rf /usr/obj; ln -s >> /home/obj /usr/obj". Can do the same thing for /usr/ports, and /usr/src, >> altho I suggest one use "mv". >> >> I have moved /usr/obj and /usr/ports this way on several machines. >> FreeBSD is quite happy with a symbolic link for these. > > but you should be warned that e. g. cvs breaks if your repository > path contains symlinks. there's bound to be more boneheaded > software, though it might not reach the cvs level. > >-- It was also my understanding that "symlinks" can slow things down too..... not sure about that, but a consideration for any directories that move a lot of data... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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