Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:06:33 -0800 From: "Richard Maher" <richard@ram6.com> To: <fcash@bigfoot.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: disk space question Message-ID: <95000AEE5C97FA40ADA5EECF715BAEE4421C@mail.ram6.com>
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Thanks Freddie. This info really helps. Its my first Unix install and I am still experimenting. Pulled the install over the net using boot floppies. It went smooth. The instructions where clear. And I was blown away at the way it resolved missing dependencies by downloading them from various urls maintained by different groups or individuals! > However, there are several issues with=20 > unions and it is not recommended. I will avoid them. > I hope you didn't include /usr as part=20 > of your / partition. No I did not since I choose Auto when=20 partitioning at install time. Thanks Again, Richard ps. I will make sure next time that I post to freebsd-questions instead. -----Original Message----- From: Freddie Cash [mailto:fcash@bigfoot.com] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 2:12 AM To: Richard Maher Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk space question > I ran out of space on the boot disk and I need more room for /usr. Is > it possible to combine two slices from two different hard disks and > mount them to the same point? If not, what else can be done? Theoretically, you *can* mount two different partitions to the same=20 mount point using unionfs. However, there are several issues with=20 unions and it is not recommended. Instead, cd to /usr and do a "du -h --max-depth=3D1" and figure out = which=20 directories are taking up the most space. Consider mounting those=20 directories off the other disk, or moving it to a different partition=20 and creating symlinks pointing back to where it used to be. I hope you didn't include /usr as part of your / partition. If you make only two partitions (three if you include swap), you should *always*=20 have / and /usr as different partitions. Everything can be moved to=20 /usr if need be (/home --> /usr/home, /var --> /usr/var, etc) to make=20 more room in /. In the future, post technical-type questions like this to freebsd- questions. This is not the right list. Afterall, do you really want a=20 bunch of newbies answering your technical questions? :) Cheers, Freddie PhoenixTek Consulting fcash@bigfoot.com Unix / Networking Services (250) 314-4029 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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