Re: expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I would like to expand /usr of FreeBSD 6.2. I plan to get a new HDD, format it and create slices. But how to proceed after that? Do I just mount it over the existing /usr or is there any additional steps that must be performed? it's quite difficult to understand you (at least for me). what do

expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Deian Popov
Hello, I would like to expand /usr of FreeBSD 6.2. I plan to get a new HDD, format it and create slices. But how to proceed after that? Do I just mount it over the existing /usr or is there any additional steps that must be performed? ___

Re: expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Just because it is a more generalized way of doing it and it is so easy, and takes no extra space, so why not! because it adds an unneeded mess. at least for me. and reduces chance that windows will make any mess when (probably by accident) windows will be booted with this drive connected.

Re: expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
to it./usr/local and /usr/src are often good candidates. To do that, create the partition using fdisk (for the slice), then if it's freebsd-only drive, why using fdisk at all? i live very well without it on ALL machines i installed. you simply get (for example) /dev/ad0a instead of

Re: expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 07:34:56PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: to it./usr/local and /usr/src are often good candidates. To do that, create the partition using fdisk (for the slice), then if it's freebsd-only drive, why using fdisk at all? Just because it is a more generalized way

Re: expanding /usr

2008-02-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 12:12:49PM +0200, Deian Popov wrote: Hello, I would like to expand /usr of FreeBSD 6.2. I plan to get a new HDD, format it and create slices. But how to proceed after that? Do I just mount it over the existing /usr or is there any additional steps that must be