Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 23:26:32 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Wil Hatfield <freebsd@hyperconx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning on existing system Message-ID: <DF73B7F3-5CE8-4C67-840A-F3BA1C0DFCC0@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <NGBBKBOMKLFOJCCDHPEOIECMPPAA.freebsd@hyperconx.com> References: <NGBBKBOMKLFOJCCDHPEOIECMPPAA.freebsd@hyperconx.com>
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On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Wil Hatfield wrote: > Ok I screwed up on one of my machines and forgot to put the /tmp > directory > on its own slice. How can I do this on an existing system? Linux > has this > procedure. Anything like it for FreeBSD? > > dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpMnt bs=1024 count=100000 > /sbin/mke2fs /dev/tmpMnt > cd / > cp -R /tmp /tmp_backup > mount -o loop,noexec,nosuid,rw /dev/tmpMnt /tmp > chmod 1777 /tmp > cp -R /tmp_backup/* /tmp/ > rm -rf /tmp_backup this appears that you want a file backed image file mounted as your / tmp. This should be easy to do. Read the handbook for file-backed md (4) devices. I don't use them for /tmp but I run them with jails... I have about 60 such image files mounted now for example Read the handbook on md(4) devices and look up mdconfig(8) in the man pages Chad > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > -- > Wil Hatfield > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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