On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 12:10:49AM -0500, rich wrote: > Howdy all, > > I have decided that I need more room for my Slink system... my 1GB linux > partition that stores my entire system is now over 80% full... I was > thinking of using another empty 1GB partition (/dev/hdb1 - currently > mounted as /linux2a) for /usr. My thinking is: > > 1. as root, cp -r -p /usr /linux2a > 2. change fstab to mount /dev/hdb1 as /usr (with options set to > "defaults, errors=remount -ro" ???) > 3. rm /usr
I am more cautious -- I would rename /usr to /old_usr rather than delete it. No need to paint yourself into a corner you can avoid.. delete it after a few days of it running perfectly. :) > 4. mount -a > > My question is, will I get screwed somehow, or is this the "correct" way > to do it? You may wish to use cpio or tar instead of cp. I have heard cp isn't great at copying files. (hehe :) (the normal reason for cpio or tar instead is the wierd filetypes -- but cp does some wierdness with sparse files, right? Right?) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
