> > Hello, > I've got a 5.3-RELEASE box which has a /usr partition /dev/ad0s1e that > is to small by approximately 700 mb. I've got the space on /var /dev/ad0s1d > to do a resize, but i am unsure as to the procedure. I tried this once a > while back on a test box and lost everything. If anyone has done this or has > a procedure i'd be interested.
Instead of actually resizing the partition, you can just move some of the stuff to a partition where you have plenty of room and then make sym-links to it. /usr/local and /usr/ports are good candidates. Tar the whole directory tree up and put it where you want and untar it. Then make links and rm the old one. For example, I often make a partition and mount it as /work that contains all my spare disk space in a slice. If I put /usr/ports over there it would look something like this: cd /usr/ports tar cvf /work/ports.tar * cd /work mkdir usr.ports cd usr.ports tar xvf ../ports.tar Then look around in /work/usr.ports a bit to make sure it looks ok cd /usr ---------------------------- mv ports ports.old if you are really nervous, else just rm it ---------------------------- ln -s /work/usr.ports ports Try out the link by doing something like cd /usr/ports and looking around It should put you in /work/usr.ports/wherever cd /usr rm -rf ports.old cd /work rm ports.tar Works just fine. I am always nervous about my typing so I normally do the extra steps of mv-ing the old one and checking things before actuall rm-ing the old stuff. But it can be skipped if you don't have that problem. You can call your extra partition mount point whatever you like. Since /var can fill up with stuff such as mail and logs and spools and db if you are running a database, you might not want to use it to house the extra stuff unless you have a really big /var - well beyond what you think you might ever need. I reserve /var for those things that grow unexpectedly so they can sort of be isolated there and make another space (/work or whatever) for space manipulation and other work - just a comment. ////jerry > Thanks. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
