Using the example I gave you could move everything to /home/usr. Then umount /usr and link the new /home/usr to /usr.
# mkdir /home/usr # cd /usr # tar cf - . | (cd /home/usr; tar xf -) # cd / # umount /usr # ln -s /home/usr /usr You would also need to remove the entry that causes the old /usr to be mounted at reboot. This should work for most Unix OSes. There is a slight potential for some "gotchas" with some older OSes such as SunOS, but I'm assuming you're using something current (probably Linux?). Ben Beeson wrote: > Rick, > > I got the tar part, nice trick. But I only have about 7% usable > filespace > left on the /usr partition. The real fix I need is one that makes the system > think it is looking at /usr when the actual files may reside on say /home/usr > or someother filesystem so all the gadgets that need to use files in /usr can > still find them. Any ideas??? > > VR, > > Ben
