Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:53:44 -0400 From: Sven Willenberger <sven@dmv.com> To: "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" <damaker@fillibach.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving /usr to another partition Message-ID: <40E9CDE8.4050803@dmv.com> In-Reply-To: <opsaoo8tqydvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de> References: <opsaoo8tqydvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de>
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Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke wrote: > Hi! > > Diskspace is running low, so I'd like to move my /usr to another > disk. I was told that cp -Rv is not a good idea and i should use > dump instead. The problem is: That disk is big and half-full and > I don't want to empty it. Is it possible to let restore work to > a directory instead of a disk? Im not sure after reading the man > page, google doesnt know either and I dont want to find out "the > hard way". So i guessed it couldn't hurt to ask... > > If you have any hints or alternatives, please let me know! > I have done the following in the past: mount [new device] /usr2 cd /usr find . -print | cpio -pdumv /usr2 (perhaps do an fsck at this point) modify /etc/fstab to point to new /usr partition and reboot Sven
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