You can't "merge" two partitions into one. What you can do, however, is
move an entire directory tree (say, /usr or /home or /usr/local) over to
this new partition and mount the new partition on the original file
structure. No reboot necessary!
For instance, if you wanted to move /usr/local onto the new partition:
mkdir /mnt/new
mount /dev/XXX /mnt/new
cd /usr/local
mv $(ls -A) /mnt/new
cd /
umount /mnt/new
mount /dev/XXX /usr/local
XXX stands for the new partition's device name (i.e. hda7, sdb6 or
whatever).
You'll also need to add a line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/XXX /usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2
This will tell your computer to mount the extra filesystem on boot.
-Matt Stegman
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, WH Bouterse wrote:
> Okay I have seen a zillion ways to do this over
> the last couple of years and read hundreds of lines
> of mans, howto's, and email's, HOWEVER;
>
> I will ask this list for pointers again !
>
> My / 3 gig partition is full. I have created another
> ext2 fs of 2 gigs on the same HD. How do I merge it into
> The present / so that after reboot (I guess that would be
> necessary?) The new / partition would contain 5 gigs?
>
> I may go ahead and repartition into smaller units but
> thought I would try this method first in the interim.
>
> Thanks
>
> William Bouterse
> Juneau Alaska
>
