From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 21:53:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7996116A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:53:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from paperbox.gvpl.ca (paperbox.gvpl.ca [199.60.107.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB3243D58 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:53:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scampbel@gvpl.ca) Received: from pochta.gvpl.ca (pochta.gvpl.victoria.bc.ca [199.60.106.7]) by paperbox.gvpl.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i65LrggD067357; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:53:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scampbel@gvpl.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pochta.gvpl.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC005644D; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pochta.gvpl.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pochta.gvpl.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 47060-10; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:53:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scamper.gvpl.ca (scamper.gvpl.ca [199.60.106.8]) by pochta.gvpl.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26CD85644A; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:53:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Scott E. Campbell" To: "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:53:08 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407051453.08935.scampbel@gvpl.ca> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new/Sophos Sweep X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=9.9 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on paperbox.gvpl.ca cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving /usr to another partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:53:45 -0000 On July 5, 2004 02:42 pm, you wrote: > Hi! > > Diskspace is running low, so I'd like to move my /usr to another > disk. I was told that cp -Rv is not a good idea and i should use > dump instead. The problem is: That disk is big and half-full and > I don't want to empty it. Is it possible to let restore work to > a directory instead of a disk? Im not sure after reading the man > page, google doesnt know either and I dont want to find out "the > hard way". So i guessed it couldn't hurt to ask... > > If you have any hints or alternatives, please let me know! > I use "dump 0aLf - /usr | restore xf -" which will dump the usr slice into wherever you are at the moment. If you are not using "current" then don't use the "L" option since last I saw 4.x didn't have the option of the snapshot of a live file system. Others will let you know if there is a better way Scott > cya, > Kosta > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Scott E. Campbell Systems Administrator Greater Victoria Public Library Victoria, BC