No ... but it's ALMOST that simple. Don't delete the partition because you
need it there to be the mount point.
If /opt contains nothing that you need, go ahead and delete its contents,
then mount the new partition there. Add it in /etc/fstab (follow the pattern
of the entries that are already there, or check "man fstab") so it will
mount during the boot-init sequence.
If it does contain stuff that you need, follow this sequence to copy it over:
mv /opt /oldopt
mkdir /opt
mount /dev/whatever /opt <<replace whatever with your new partition
cp -R /opdopt/* /opt/ << double check the -R flag before using
rm -r /oldopt
At 11:39 AM 3/14/00 +0000, Rogers, Paul wrote:
>I am using RH 6.0/2.2.14.
>
>I have an rpm which is trying to install itself in the directory /opt.
> This directory is part of the root (/) partition. However there is not
>enough room on this partition to carry out the install.
>
>If I were to add another HDD and create a partition on it, could I then
>delete the existing opt directory and mount the new partition as /opt?
>
>Is it really this simple?
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