On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 10:54, Brent Bailey wrote: > Hello, > > Im using mandrake 8.2 and currently i have one ide drive that the /usr > partition is almost full. I cant install any more packages on this box > untill i get the /usr partition moved to a bigger drive. Can anyone point > me at a howto to move the /usr partition over?? > In Freebsd its just a matter of using fdisk to partition & format the drive > and make entries into /etc/fstab and mount the drive by doing > mount -t ufs /dev/xxx /usr > > However im new to mandrake ..and im not sure of how to do this without > messing the current /usr partition. > Once the drive is formated with linux file system (journalized FS) > can i just copy the data on my current /usr partition to the new drive > then edit /etc/fstab ?? > > any and all help is greatly appreciated.. > > Thank you > Brent Bailey CCNA > > What you said last will work - copy the data on my current /usr partition to the new drive then edit /etc/fstab
Make sure you preserve the permissions though by using the -p switch. i.e. something like (as root of course): cp -Rp /usr /newusr then edit fstab to reflect the new location of /usr and reboot. If it screws up, just boot the first install CD, hit F1 and type rescue, then have it mount the file systems under /mnt so you can put it back. Probably a good move to copy fstab first, so recovery from an error is simply a matter of copying it back. HTH Brian
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