On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:01:27 +0200, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > > mount /usr -o remount,ro > > mkdir /newusr > > rsync -a /usr/ /new/usr/ > > Comment out /usr line in /etc/fstab > > mv /usr /oldusr > > mv /newusr /usr > > reboot > > rmdir /oldusr > > > > What you do with the old partition is up to you. In this case the > > discussion was about /usr on LVM, so you just delete it and allocate > > the space elsewhere when needed.
> You can even leave out the step of creating a new directory and moving > it later if you bind-mount you rootfs somewhere, e.g. /mnt/gentoo. Good point. > You may want to add some parameters to the call to rsync, though (e.g. > those that preserve permissions, xattrs (especially for SELinux or > XT-PaX) and owner/group (should be -pogX), -a covers most if not all of those. > possibly -x aswell (if you > have other filesystems under /usr (e.g. a discrete FS for the portage > tree). Another good point, one of those things you think of immediately after hitting Send :( -- Neil Bothwick Middle-age - because your age starts to show at your middle.
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