On Friday 09 March 2007 04:39, Philippe Andersson wrote: > Bob S wrote: > > Guess I really didn't need to ask this question. I already knew that > > I screwed up on the partitioning scheme. I guess I could move /usr > > or /opt to one of my new empty and separate partitions like /local. > > I remember seeing something about that a few years ago. I'd have to > > find it though........Does anybody remember?? > > Suggested move procedure: > > (in the example below, I move /usr because it's supposed to be the > largest. Please use 'du -ks' to find out the respective sizes of /usr > and /opt on your system and move the largest of the 2). > > - login as root on the console > > - go single-user mode > > # init 1 > > - copy all contents from /usr to /local > > # cd /usr > # tar -cvf - * | (cd /local ; tar -xf - ) > > (the command will preserve mode, ownership and symlinks) > > - edit your /etc/fstab to make sure that the filesystem now called > /local (/dev/sda8) will be mounted on /usr instead. > > - rename /usr to /usr-old > > # cd / > # mv /usr /usr-old > > (when you do this, any executable relying on shared libs stored > below /usr/lib will stop working -- 'mv' and 'mkdir' only rely on > /lib, so you should be safe). > > - create the new mountpoint for /usr > > # mkdir /usr > > - reboot > > # reboot > > After the reboot, if all goes well, you should have an empty /local > directory on the root FS, the old '/local' filesystem should now be > mounted as /usr (and contain what the old '/usr' used to). On the / > filesystem, below /usr-old you'll find the old contents. > > Once you've checked that the system behaves as it should, you can > remove the now unused /usr-old. > > # cd / > # rm -rf /usr-old > > This will give you back some free space on the / filesystem. > > Please review my recommendations before carrying them out to make sure > I haven't left out anything. "Going back" in case of problem is always > possible until you perform the last step (removal of /usr-old). > Thanks guys,
Since it was a new install I just went back and reinstalled with a much larger / directory. Figured it was better for the future anyway. Took me another 3 or 4 hours to move my stuff from 10.0 to 10.2 but all is well now. I will keep this mail for future reference if I should need to move some partitions around. Again thanks for helping. Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
