Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 21:54:51 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <jdn@qiv.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Michael Knoll <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marquard@zilker.net Subject: Re: Partitioning Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971106214330.1126A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971106195406.27131D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
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On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> 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
Not normally.
> > don't want to reinstall, or have messy symbolic links everywhere.
Symlinks are your only option short of a back up, rebuild disks and
restore.
> > 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 /.
Try ncftp?
> > 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.
Just add a path to the front of the default file name lynx uses. It
asks you where you want to save it, after all.
> 3) Don't hink ANY BSD can resize slice, but I know AIX could, even the
I think HP has licensed LVM (the AIX mechanism for expanding
filesystems.) In reality, though, it doesn't take much more time or
effort to move a directory to another filesystem and symlink back to
where you want to see it.
> version 3.2.4 I used to admin. No clue how, but maybe someone else knows?
Maps physical partitions (cylendars) to logical partitions that the
kernel sees.
> Maybe, if it works, we should integrate it?
Too much pain for too little benefit.
> Dave? (our AIX developer-on-call) Back me up or knock me down?
>
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Michael
> >
>
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