hi, couldn't you copy over /usr to a new drive and then mount the new drive to /usr ???
Chris -----Original Message----- From: Noah Sombrero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 March 2002 22:08 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy? On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:17:06 +0000, you wrote: >On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:34:31AM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:09:07 +1100, you wrote: >> >> Apt-get is a great tool, however it insists on installing everything in /usr. Which means that it is >> difficult to make use of extra hard drives. > >??? >could you elaborate? I have about 60 mb on /usr. A software installing session could use that in nothing flat. I have plenty of room on /mnt, but I have to install by hand to get anything there. Then X doesn't know about it, etc. I can edit x menus. But still, it is not as easy as using apt which was my original point. It is possible to attach a new hard drive to /usr/local, but most software packages are not smart enough to use it in a manual installation. Netscape 6, Adabas db, java sdk, Netbeans are not for instance. Gleason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
