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On 3/9/99, 6:32:06 PM, Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Maximal Mount Count: > Paul Puri wrote: > > 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... > > > did you mount your /dev/hda2 on /hda2?? If you did, you may try cp -R after that, > you can then delete the /usr I typed, 'cp -R /usr /hda2/usr It is in the process of copying When it done, what can I do to make /hda2/usr, just plain /usr? > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ > _______________________________________________________________________ ______
