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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
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To: Michael Knoll <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
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Subject: Re: Partitioning
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Michael Knoll wrote:

> Is it possible to change the size of slices in a partition without lossing
> data?  I'm pretty sure it can't be done, but I need to be sure, cause I
> don't want to reinstall, or have messy symbolic links everywhere.
> 
> What happened is my / slice is only 30 some megs, and when lynxs downloads
> a file, it puts it in /tmp, which is in /.  So, if I download anything
> about 30 megs(well, less than that) it fills /.
> 
> Is there anyway to resize slices?  Or is the only options to add another
> harddrive, or a symbloic link /tmp to another slice?
Well, IMHO, you should add another drive (you DO need more space, don't
you?  ;) and make /tmp it's own filesystem.
Option 2) There should be an option in the lynx.cfg file (in
/usr/local/somethingorother) for where to put temporary files.
3) Don't hink ANY BSD can resize slice, but I know AIX could, even the
version 3.2.4 I used to admin.  No clue how, but maybe someone else knows?
Maybe, if it works, we should integrate it?
Dave?  (our AIX developer-on-call)  Back me up or knock me down?

> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Michael
> 

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