hi suman,

if u have some other space in ur system, move the /usr data into tht
partition, then using fdisk mark both partitions as 8e ie LVM, and then
proceed. This is what i would do if i have enough space.



>1) Format the ntfs partition and move and  softlink some of the
>directories in the new partition.



There is a small problem  in this, u cannot utilize the 3gb addtional space
effectively. I think tht would be very bad idea.

>2) Merge the partitions.(is there a way to do this without touching >the
>data?)


Yes provided u had a LVM from the start. but now no.


>Also, someone has told me that softlinking some directories in /usr >is
>not a good idea. Are there any problems with this.I use many >softlinks
>for /var etc and found no issues.
>Also, is there a performance hit because of softlinking across >partitions?


As far as i know no performance issues but utilization issues come up. u
might end up saying space, space evrywhere except where i need it. ;)


regards,
kiran


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