Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:55:18 -0600 (CST) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: Brad W <bradley_watts@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Transfer disk space form /usr to root partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102122152500.61398-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102122127200.61398-100000@cody.jharris.com>
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Nick Rogness wrote: Forgot to mention some minor detail...see bottom of message. [snip] > 1) Add a new disk to the system > 2) fdisk and disklabel it (via /stand/sysinstall or manually) > 3) mount the filesystem(s) on the new disk > (example: Where ad1 is the new disk) > > # mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt > # mount /dev/ad1s1f /mnt/usr > # mount /dev/ad1s1e /mnt/var > > 4) Dump the data and restore it. This copies your existing > filesystems to the new disk, example: > > # dump 0af - / |(cd /mnt;restore xf -) > # dump 0af - /usr |(cd /mnt/usr;restore xf -) > # dump 0af - /var |(cd /mnt/var;restore xf -) > > 5) edit and change your /etc/fstab file to reflect the new > changes, save it and reboot! Forgot to mention that you will need to swap the location of the drives on your ide chain...swap new disk with old...then reboot. Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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