out of interest civileme, why can you not move /etc ? is it a boot time
thing?
bascule
Civileme wrote:
>
> Gavin Clark wrote:
> >
> > on 5/28/00 10:14 PM, Mike Zachry wrote:
> >
> > > My partitions are
> > > hdb1 as /boot
> > > hdb5 as /
> > > hdb6 as swap
> > > hdb7 as /home
> > > when I try to install RPM's now it says they need nnn
> > > KB on / filesystem. I have tried uninstalling some of
> > > the RPM's (about 10-20 MB of them) and still have
> > > 0.0KB left on hdb5. I can't figure out what is taking
> > > up all that room. I've cleared Netscape's cache files
> > > and that didn't help either.
> >
> > if you use gnome file browser you can set it to show you directory sizes.
> > that can help you zoom in on just what is so taking up so much space.
> >
> > try
> > #df -h
> > to get a quick overview of disk space
> >
> > log files can get big.
> > look in /tmp/logs
> >
> > Gavin
>
> Well, netscape's cache files should be in your home directory
> unless (coughs) you have been surfing as root. In / you have the
> following subdirectories you could move pretty easily if you have
> space elsewhere.
>
> /var #this one stores log files, mail&print spools, and can get
> big
> /opt #sometimes used for extra software installs Most kde2 beta
> test files live there
> /usr #lotsa binaries--this one can be a gig or more--also doc
> and libs and scripts and....
> /root #this one is the home directory for root and should not be
> large
> /tmp
>
> you CANNOT move
>
> /etc #and you probably should not move
>
> /bin
> /sbin
>
> THose three have little effect from rpm installations anyway.
>
> Now to move any of these, first use df or kdf to find
> someplace_with_lotofspace (swl)
> In the following example I will assume /home.
>
> then, suppose you want to move /var
>
> # mkdir /home/var
> # cp -R -f /var /home/var
> # rm -R -f /var
> # ln -s /home/var /var
>
> Now all that exists in / is a symbolic link (sometimes called a
> shortcut, but not quite the same) called /var which points to the
> actual data in /home/var. And you should have about 20 mb
> available in / for more rpms.
>
> Civileme
>
> cp -R -f /var /(swl)/var
