I've found it comforting to have a backup of the system just in case..... As Will states, its not that difficult.
I use the following sequence: create new partition make the ext2 filesystem on the new partition mount the partition on /mnt/<whatever> cp -a /<source>/* /mnt/<whatever> su -c "rm -R /<source>/*" # be sure you want to delete everything enter the root password # you were sure weren't you? umount /mnt/<whatever> mount new partition on /<source> put entry in /etc/fstab so the system will mount it on reboot > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 3:59 PM > To: Liran Zvibel > Cc: Debian Mailing List > Subject: Re: Instaling Hamm. > > > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > Please tell me, it doesn't seem logical. I want to change the size of > > /usr and some other important partitions. > > You need a free partition -- essentially mount the free one, cp -a all > the /usr files onto it, and delete the /usr partition, using the new on > as a /usr partition (mount it on /usr). Then reformat /usr, etc., and > put all the files back on the new /usr partition. > > Do this for all the partitions you want to move, resize, etc. ... > > Will > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | > | PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | > | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | > | --The Barenaked Ladies, "Blame It On Me" | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
