----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roy Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] moving /var partition
> Roy Murray wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Roy Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 8:07 AM > > Subject: Re: Fw: [newbie] moving /var partition > > > > > Roy Murray wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "dfox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:05 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] moving /var partition > > > > > > > > > > My /var partition is getting full (http server and discussion > > board). I > > > > have > > > > > > new 30GB hard drive to add and want to move the /var partition to > > the > > > > new > > > > > > drive. > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > I'm going nuts with this: > > > > No matter what I do it takes several hours to get my system back to > > sorta > > > > the way it was. > > > > hda was not used before (unplugged old Win HD not used in 2 years) :) > > > > hdb Nothing > > > > hdc current harddrive with /root, home > > > > hdd cdwriter > > > > Mandrake has been running for over a year on this conf. 8.0, upgrade to > > 8.1, > > > > upgrade to 8.2. The problem started with the 8.1 to 8.2. In 8.1 I had > > > > partitions for /root, etc, home, var, usr and swap. after 8.2 I have > > root , > > > > home, and swap but swap looks like it is mounted under /. Var was folded > > > > into root and the var space on the disk was given to home. The end > > result: > > > > root still is ok, Home is 15G and Var is part of root with almost > > nothing. > > > > 1) and most inportant and seems to be the biggest problem: How do I get > > the > > > > currrent hdc to be hda (the old win drive is removed) > > > > > > hda is a physical location. You have to unplug the data cable and plug it > > > in to the cable your old windows drive was on. One word of caution, i have > > > no idea how much your 8.2 is going to accept this relocation without > > > hiccups. > > Before posting here I tried all that. Mandrake did more then hiccup, got to > > lido and errored "no init" since it was still loking for hdc. I even tried > > leaving it on hdc and removing the hdd(cdrom). Jumper set to single. Tried > > puting the second drive as slave (which should make it hdd). This system has > > only been running with the drives on the 2nd ide channel. The win drive has > > not been plugged in ide channel since mandrake has been running. Since the > > lido, and fstab both point to hdc. I can't get it to boot if I move the > > drive. > > Which files and pointers must be changed to get the drive to boot to at > > least a min running mandrake system? > > Ok, thats what i suspected would happen. Creating multiple partitions early > on helps here, but thats words after the fact. > One comlex scenario is install your second disk as hda. Install the OS > fresh onto that with separate partitions. Mount hdc as /old and copy what > you need across from it. Get that running sweet. Take out hdc, put it in as > hdb(slave) repartition (as perhaps /home and /usr). > > -- > Bubble Memory, n.: > A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence. > See also "vacuum tube". > > Thats Kinda what I was hoping to avoid, but it looks like the only way to do it right. I supose I could tar what I would want to be the same. Would just have to make sure I don't over write the new Lido, and fstabs, with the old. I will tar all my partitions, Except the lido and fstabs. Then untar to the new drive. A word others: Make sure on your 1st install to use ide channel 1 so your hard disk is hda, It sure is hard to change it later. I'll let you know how it goes.
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