Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:07:01 -0800 (PST) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: fuzz zzuf <fuzz_zzuf@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition resizing question Message-ID: <200002281607.IAA08200@cytosine.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <16036058.951734174703.JavaMail.imail@patti.excite.com> from fuzz zzuf at "Feb 28, 2000 02:36:14 am"
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Nope.. you always need to back up. The reason for this is that FreeBSD won't let you remove the label of the drive, but must remove the whole partition for the drive, put in a new partition, and re-create your labels. If you have two hard drives, maybe. I recently re-sized my swap and /var because they were on the same drive, and I could back them up on my main /usr drive. Re-sizing /usr is almost impossible unless you have a backup. But, you can just backup /usr/home and re-install FreeBSD. --bhishan > is there a way to resize a couple of partitions and keep the data stored on > those partitions (without _needing_ to backup)? > (fbsd 3.4-RELEASE) > > fuzz_zzuf@excite.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite > Visit http://freeworld.excite.com > > > > 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
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