oops, sorry 'bout that. Thanks for the info Mark...So unless I have the space initially for two big partions or I divide the drive up for all of the partitions initially, I am out of luck?
Best regards, Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ferlatte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [debian-user] install with 3 partitions > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:17:29PM -0600, Rich Puhek wrote: > > Um... You can't mount /home, /tmp, /usr, and /var on hda5. You can only > > mount a partition at one place at a time. > > Well, you sort of can: > > telinit 1 (ie, go to single user mode) > mkdir /storage > mount /dev/hda5 /storage > mkdir /storage/home /storage/usr /storage/var /storage/tmp > cp -a /home /storage/home > cp -a /var /storage/var > cp -a /usr /storage/usr > cp -a /tmp /storage/tmp > rm -rf /tmp /usr /home /var > cd / > ln -s ./storage/var var > ln -s ./storage/usr usr > ln -s ./storage/home home > ln -s ./storage/tmp tmp > > This makes home var usr and tmp share one big partition, that you access > via symlinks as normal. > > > ...I'm not sure you want to mount /tmp seperately. To be on the safe > > side... might want to leave that where it is. > > Mounting /tmp as it's own partition is a really good idea; it prevents > out of control programs and users from using /tmp to fill up your system > disks. In kernel 2.4.x, you can even mount tmpfs there, and take > advantage of tmp files rarely getting written to disk. > > M __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com
