Dave McFadden said: > I can sucessfully create hda4 out of the empty space, but trying to mount it > as /usr /etc /temp etc. only replaces my existing directory rather than > extend that space... entirely reasonable, but it's not what I need right now. > :-)
Taking the opposite approach from the replies you've received so far, this idea is fairly simple to make work properly. (Having just moved a few directories last night from local to NFS mounts, it's on my mind...) All you have to do is mv /tmp /tmp-old mount /new/partition /tmp cp -r /tmp-old /tmp rm -rf /tmp-old (Don't do this before you're happy with the new scheme!) The downside of this simple option is, of course, that (AFAIK) you need a separate partition for each directory tree (/usr, /etc, /tmp...) you move off /'s partition. (Although, according to some people, having separate partitions for each major directory is a Good Thing and /'s partition should only be 100 MB anyhow.) Also, don't forget to add /usr-old to your path before changing over /usr...
