On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 01:03:05PM +0530, Chetan Gopal Kashinath wrote:
> if it is possible can i shift some other system directories there
> like /usr also ...
>
> i dont want to mount hda9 as dos partition as it does not support
> long file names.
>
1. format hda9 for Linux:
mke2fs /dev/hda9
2. mount /dev/hda9 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/usr
cd /usr
tar cf - * | (cd /mnt/usr; tar xf -)
verify that everything went smoothly.
rm -f /usr; ln -s /mnt/usr /usr
3. Fix /etc/fstab to mount /usr from hda9.
-Arun
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