Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:13:28 -0600 From: Nick Lozinsky <nl3481@wi.rr.com> To: "P.B. Ruiter" <pruiter@indigored.com> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /usr/home on separate disk? Message-ID: <3CA03BB8.6E181D71@wi.rr.com> References: <20020326012855.O8113-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <000a01c1d49f$38e33ef0$6e01a8c0@home.net>
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No, no, no...when you are trying to link a device from /dev, you just specify the device, so do this: ln -sf /dev/ad1s1e /usr/home "P.B. Ruiter" wrote: > I tried > > ln -sf /dev/ad1s1e/usr/home /dev/ad0s1g/usr/home > > which is an Operation Not Supported. How can I distinguish /usr/home on ad1 > from /usr/home on ad0? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> > To: "P.B. Ruiter" <pruiter@indigored.com> > Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: /usr/home on separate disk? > > | On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, P.B. Ruiter wrote: > | > Hi, I just installed a new freebsd box with two ide drives. As I intend > to use this as dedicated file/print/samba server on a mixed small office > network, I thought it a good idea to dedicate one drive to /usr/home. I > installed 4.5-Release as such with default settings for drive 0 and a single > slice /usr/home on drive 1 (and swap on both). > | > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > | > /dev/ad0s1a 128990 31748 86924 27% / > | > /dev/ad0s1f 257998 4 237356 0% /tmp > | > /dev/ad0s1g 9044900 786382 7534926 9% /usr > | > /dev/ad1s1e 19099614 20 17571626 0% /usr/home > | > /dev/ad0s1e 257998 738 236622 0% /var > | > I realize there is already a /usr/home under /usr. How do I get rid of > this and point it to my /usr/home on ad1s1e? I tried rmdir /home within > /usr - this only gave me a busy reply. Please help... > | > Pieter > | > | Assuming both drives are mounted okay, and I don't know much about Samba - > | especially if it "honors" or "comprehends" symbolic links, but you could > | always do something like `ln -sf /dev/ad1s1e /dev/....` etc. > | > | man ln > | > | Hope this helps in no small way ;-) > | > | -- > | Peter Leftwich > | President & Founder > | Video2Video Services > | Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > | +1-413-403-9555 > | > | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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