Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:38:07 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: michaeld@kestrelworks.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving Ports directory Message-ID: <20030921043807.GD59397@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <002a01c37ff9$4880f120$0300a8c0@winfirst.com> References: <002a01c37ff9$4880f120$0300a8c0@winfirst.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 09:31:52PM -0700, Michael Dunham wrote: > I'm using FreeBSD Current on an older machine. I have two hard disks > attached, one 3gb and one 2gb. I have put the root on the 3gb drive but it > is now about 80% full. I would like to move the Ports directory to the 2gb > drive so I can run a new kernel build. > > What are the steps to move the /usr/ports directory to the other drive? You can do to things: - symlink /mnt/harddisk2/ports to /usr/ports and you can work from /usr/ports or - set the variable PORTSDIR to /mnt/harddisk2/ports and you can work from /mnt/harddisk2/ports Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030921043807.GD59397>