Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:03:30 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzelsw@westbend.net> To: <michaeld@kestrelworks.com>, <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Moving Ports directory Message-ID: <016101c38123$14713db0$13fd2fd8@Admin02> References: <002a01c37ff9$4880f120$0300a8c0@winfirst.com>
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From: "Michael Dunham" <michaeldunham@earthlink.net>
> I'm using FreeBSD Current on an older machine. I have two hard disks
> attached, one 3gb and one 2gb. I have put the root on the 3gb drive but
it
> is now about 80% full. I would like to move the Ports directory to the
2gb
> drive so I can run a new kernel build.
>
> What are the steps to move the /usr/ports directory to the other drive?
>
Is the 2Gb drive currently being used? If not, you could dedicate the
entire drive or a partition to /usr/ports.
mount /dev/ad1s1g /mnt
tar -cf - -C /usr/ports . | tar xpf - -C /mnt
rm -rf /usr/ports/*
umount /mnt
edit /etc/fstab and add an entry for the 2GB drive
/dev/ad1s1g /usr/ports ufs rw 2
2
then mount /usr/ports
mount /usr/ports
If you can't dedicate the entire drive or a partition, then you'll need to
do the following:
mkdir <2GB drive mount point>/ports
tar -cf - -C /usr/ports . | tar xpf - -C <2Gb drive mount point>/ports
rm -rf /usr/ports
ln <2Gb drive mount point>/ports /usr/ports
Scot
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