From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 15 07:24:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17973 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:24:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17963 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:24:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <160XC1NH>; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:25:41 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5EEB@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: "Long, Christopher" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Relabeling Partitions Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:25:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id HAA17965 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Isn't it also possible to use ccd, if there are multiple hard drives involved. > -----Original Message----- > From: Konrad Heuer [SMTP:kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de] > Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:03 AM > To: Long, Christopher > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Relabeling Partitions > > > Hello! > > > Is it possible to relabel partions in 2.2.8 without losing data? I want > to > > increase my /var and /swap partitions, with extra space from my /usr > > partition. Is this possible, with no loss of data? > > No, it isn't. You could use an additional swap file (see FAQ) in /usr to > increase paging space, and you could move a subdirectory tree from /var to > /usr and then create a symbolic link back from /usr to /var to make better > use of your disk space. > > Regards > > // > // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ > _______ > // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ > _ \ > // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ > // / > // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen /_/ /_/ > \__/\__/____/___/____/ > // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve > ----- > // http://www.freebsd.org > // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de > // > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message