> Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:41:21 +1000 > From: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > > ~> This is how I plan to partitiion the disks: > > ~> / hda1 40MB > > ~> swap hda2 8MB > > ~> /usr hda3 68MB > > ~> swap hdb1 8MB > > ~> /usr hdb2 250MB > > ~> > > ~> where hda is the 116MB disk and hdb is the 258MB disk. > > ~> Will the above configuration work..and can I split /usr across 2 > > ~> partitions or will X complain? > > > > I think you could split /usr across two different partitions by making > > the second a symlink to the first, eg. name hdb2 partition something > > like /usr2 and make it a symlink to /usr. > > Not quite, because then what would you call the *real* /usr (since the name > /usr is already taken by a symlink ;) > However, you can symlink sub-directories, e.g., create /usr2/share /usr2/doc /usr2/local /usr2/src /usr2/games and ln -s /usr2/share /usr/share etc.
Just make sure that all the information in these /usr subdirectories are moved to the corresponding /usr2 prior to the symlinks. For that reason be VERY careful about applying this to /usr/lib or /usr/bin. This is also useful if you out grow your original /usr partition. -- Carl Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED]