What is the command that I use to mv /usr to /dev/hda2? I tried 'mv /usr /hda2/usr', but that gave me the error, 'mv: cannot move '/usr' across filesystems: Not a regular file.
Thank you... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/9/99, 5:52:08 PM, Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Maximal Mount Count: > > It is a 1gig partition. I have two others on this same machine. > Ok, make your partitions ready for linux (ext2 fs, etc). > > > > What can I do to move stuff to these other partitions so that my 1st > > partition will not be so loaded down. I would like to install more > > software there? > Then what you can do is split your major directories into separate > partitions. Like, /usr can have it's own partition, > /home can have it's own partition. All you do for it is copy the files > over to those new partitions from old directories, and then edit > /etc/fstab to indicate where to mount those partitions to. > For example, if you are creating a new partition /dev/hda2 > and you want to put /usr on it, you copy the files from your old /usr onto > the /dev/hda2, and add a line to /etc/fstab to tell that /usr is to > mounted to /dev/hda2 > > What directory trees can safely be moved to another partition? > /usr > /home > /var > Andrew > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Andrei S. Ivanov > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > UIN 12402354 > http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.
