Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 02:26:12 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: John <freebsd-lists@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a simple question about freebsd filesystems Message-ID: <20000612022612.V18462@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <RgVhfUAoLJR5Ewk2@clues.freeserve.co.uk>; from freebsd-lists@i-zone.demon.co.uk on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 08:36:08AM %2B0100 References: <RgVhfUAoLJR5Ewk2@clues.freeserve.co.uk>
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* John <freebsd-lists@i-zone.demon.co.uk> [000612 00:34] wrote: > Hello list > > I have one hard drive with /, /var and /usr mounted on it. This hard > drive is nearly full (75%). I have another hard drive with /home on it. > This drive is nearly empty. > > I want it so that /usr/sys (and the directories below it) will use the > 2nd hard drive as well as the first, so that I will not get errors when > grabbing the sources and building world, for example. Can someone tell > me how to do this, or if it is a FAQ, point me to the relevant URL. The > system concerned is running 4.0-STABLE. The first hard drive is master > on primary IDE the second one master on secondary IDE > > I think it is accomplished via hard links but am very unsure, and would > like comments from relative experts on how I should go about doing this, > it is important that I get it right first time. I would just make a directory called /home/spare and make more directories under it such as src and ports, then move the files over to the /home partition then use symlinks like so: cd /usr ln -s /home/spare/src /home/spare/ports . -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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