You can't mount to / directly because / is already mounted. You can, however, mount to a subdirectory by creating the empty directory and then mounting it. This is why /mnt works and / doesn't. 60% isn't necessarily a problem yet. The culprit, however, is likely /usr. Much of your application files will go here. Thus, the more apps you install, the more space is used. If you have /usr on a separate partition you would see this clearly. I would think, though, simply moving /usr to an SMB filesystem (Windows) might prove dangerous. Permissions would likely not be exact, though someone can clarify or correct me there. Also, you must realize that with a laptop, when you remove yourself from the network, you may lose functionality. If you're really concerned about space, you might want to pull that hard drive and see what type it is. I've found that laptop hd's come in 2 flavors: a relatively standard thickness and a somewhat thinner one. I don't know if these have technically assigned names denoting form factor, but you can research. If you determine your type, try going out to Pricewatch.com pricing a new one or eBay for a second hand one. You could probably pick up a 5-10GB drive fairly cheaply. Just a thought. In the meantime, if you have the basic setup you want, you probably should worry too much about 60%. If you were inclined to reinstall, you could try putting /usr on it's own partition. This way, should it reach capacity, / would be filled and crash your system.
<<JAV>> On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:22, Kapil Khanna wrote: > I recently installed Redhat on an old P2 laptop. It works like a champ and i > am extremely pleased. However the laptop only comes with 2.5 GB of hard drive > space. Using the system over the last couple of weeks has the drive at 60% of > its capacity. Thats making me anxious that someday i will have to deal with > space issues. > I was successfully able to map a Windows file system from another machine on > my network via Samba on /mnt. > I have always wondered if i can mount this additional windows file system on / > (root) rather than a sub directory of /. That way i can add virtual hard drive > space to that Linux box. In fact i tried doing this once but was unsuccessful > with a message saying the device/resource was busy. > Any ideas on how i can get around this problem? I have thought about symblins > from the linux file system directories to the samba share, what other options > can i explore? If i install an external hard drive will that add space to my / > (root) file system? > A df on my machine reveals the following: > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 2885216 1622088 1116568 60% / > /dev/hda1 50723 5967 42137 13% /boot > none 47188 0 47188 0% /dev/shm > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
