Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-14 Thread martinko
Aaron Burke wrote: > SNIP >>>(FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) >>>(FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) >> iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar please? is new tar >> missing something? > Well, technically no, but it requi

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-13 Thread Oliver Fromme
Andriy Gapon wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Aaron Burke wrote: > > > SNIP > > > > >(FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) > > > > >(FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) > > > > iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar ple

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-10 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 10/11/2006 14:32 Oliver Fromme said the following: > Aaron Burke wrote: > > SNIP > > > >(FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) > > > >(FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) > > > iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar plea

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-10 Thread Oliver Fromme
Aaron Burke wrote: > SNIP > > >(FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) > > >(FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) > > iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar please? is new tar > > missing something? > Well, technically no,

RE: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-10 Thread Aaron Burke
SNIP > >(FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) > >(FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) > iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar please? is new tar > missing something? Well, technically no, but it requires more typing. gtar su

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-09 Thread martinko
Aaron Burke wrote: >> Hello all, > Hello Matt, > >> I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 >> and I want to >> ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. >> What's the best >> and safest way to do it? > Well, I know of two options. One which sounds reall

RE: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-05 Thread Aaron Burke
> Hello all, Hello Matt, > I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 > and I want to > ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. > What's the best > and safest way to do it? Well, I know of two options. One which sounds really cool, is kind of broken, and

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 11/4/06, Torfinn Ingolfsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:17:33 -0500 Matt Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 and I > want to ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. > What's the

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-04 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:39:48 +0100 "O. Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should also put /usr/src and /usr/obj on different devices, > prefereably /usr/obj not on the system or any high I/O data device (if > not on RAID). This speeds up buildworld! Does this make a real difference? Ie, d

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-04 Thread O. Hartmann
Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:17:33 -0500 > Matt Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hello all, >> I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 and I >> want to ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. >> What's the best and safest way

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-04 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:17:33 -0500 Matt Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 and I > want to ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. > What's the best and safest way to do it? In my experience, there are

Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-03 Thread Baldur Gislason
Your only option here as far as I know is to partition the drive to be the new /usr partition. To acheive this you would preferrably put the system into single user mode, create a partition on the new drive and mount it under /mnt for example. Then copy all the data between. I prefer to use dump

RE: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr

2006-11-03 Thread Matt Smith
Hello all, I have a machine that just had a new HD added to it as ad1 and I want to ADD this new disk onto the already existing /usr partition. What's the best and safest way to do it? Matt ___ freebsd-stable@