From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Sep 11 8:28:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from falcon.scana.com (falcon.scana.com [161.156.101.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3480537B423 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:28:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by falcon.scana.com; id LAA15586; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:28:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from maildmis.scana.com(161.156.252.70) by falcon.scana.com via smap (V5.5) id xma015429; Mon, 11 Sep 00 11:27:27 -0400 Received: from msg12.scana.com [161.156.252.70] by msg12.scana.com [161.156.252.70] (CMSPraetor 4.1.3395) with ESMTP id 8F43864487D811D4BDEC00A0C9DB1A50 for plus 1 more; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:16:16 -0400 Received: by maildmis.scana.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:16:16 -0400 From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" To: "'mattb@finsyn.com'" Cc: "'freebsd-newbies'" Message-ID: Subject: RE: more questions! Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:16:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Matt, one solution might be to move some directories from root to /usr, such as /var. You would have to create a new directory in /usr and create a symbolic link to it from root. This would create the appearance or a /var directory that actually resides in /usr/var. I can give you the specific commands needed to do this, but I will have to look them up being a newbie myself. Check out Greg Lehey's the Complete FreeBSD, he outlines exactly how to do this. ...Michael... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Bettinger > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:00 AM > To: 'freebsd-newbies' > Subject: more questions! > > > > Mom always told me there was no such thing as a stupid > question so here > goes. > > When i first installed FreeBSD 4.1 i was just playing around > with it and > used the defaults in the installed.. defaults partitions and > such... one > thing led to another now i pretty much rely on this machine > for all of my > home connections/communications.. everything. Problem is my > root / is near > 80% full. This is on a 20 gig HDD and i think the default / > was set to like > 50 megs. > > Question : is there any way short of reinstalling fbsd or > buying a second > HDD to increase/repartition my / ? > > I have done some research on the matter and have only found > a couple of > articles both involving a second hdd. Am i screwed or what? > I guess i can > clean out some temp files and such but that is really a > temporary solution. > > thanks guys. > > Matt in Houston > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > "If this email was sent to you by mistake or if you are not an intended recipient, please delete it, destroy any hard copies, including attachments, and notify me by return email. The unauthorized use,distribution or reproduction of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message