From owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 8 08:41:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B41216A4CE; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2772C43D3F; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:41:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i38Ff2v10700; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:41:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200404081541.i38Ff2v10700@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?=) Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:41:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20040408152347.24355.qmail@web25003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> from "=?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?=" at Apr 08, 2004 04:23:47 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partition deletion and creation X-BeenThere: freebsd-database@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Database use and development under FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:41:06 -0000 > > Hi list, > I have freeBSD installed on my 40 GB HDD with the > foll. layout: > / = 512MB > swap=1GB > /var=512MB > /tmp=512MB > /usr=8GB > /home=26GB > (It should roughly total to the max available ~37GB) > I want to have /home resized to 20GB and then create 4 > mount points /u01=3GB,/u02=2GB,/u03=512MB,/u04=512MB. > > I have 2 options: > 1. using /stand/sysinstall-->fdisk to delete /home, > create the new partitions, and then mount the > mount-points. Q=will this format all older partitions > (/usr,/...), forcing me to reinstall FreeBSD again? > Clearly I don't want this. I have spent quite a while > to get the setup running. I believe that /stand/sysinstall treats the whole disk as new and will build file systems on all partitions rather than just partitions that have been tinkered with. I could well be wrong and /stand/sysinstall could be more sophisticated than I think, but I wouldn't bank on it short of going through the code. ////jerry > > 2. create links to /home/u01 from /u01, /home/u02 from > /u02.. > ln -s /home/u01 /u01 > Can I install Oracle this way? > > Since the second Q borders on DB and FreeBSD, I am > sending this to both lists. > > Thanks in advance... > Tk > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > _______________________________________________ > 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" >