On Thursday 26 April 2007, Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: > I need advice on moving a directory, /usr, which now occupies its own > partition, but which I'd like to have on a bigger partition. > > /etc/fstab includes this: > > /dev/hde5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 > > df -h shows: > > /dev/hde5 4.6G 4.3G 106M 98% /usr > > and > /dev/hde9 65G 12G 51G 19% /home > > while root is: > > /dev/hde1 250M 219M 18M 93% / > > Don't ask why it's set up this way. It just is. I just want to change it > around by moving /usr to /dev/hde9 so that it has room. > > How do I do this safely so that nothing gets hosed? > > Scott
Try this: cp -a /usr /home/ && mount -o bind /home/usr /usr if that works, then update your /etc/fstab: /home/usr /usr none rw,bind 0 0 Playing with /usr on a live box shouldn't be dangerous--all necessary file and system utilities should be in /bin and /sbin. (It could disrupt services though.) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
