On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 11:54:09AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to change my backup strategy a bit. Please review:
>
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/amrd0s1a 484M 219M 227M49%/
> /dev/amrd0s1d 3.8G 2.7G 764M78%/backup
> /dev/amrd0s1h 7.6G 5.7G 1.3G81%/home
> /dev/amrd0s1g 992M 444M 469M49%/mail
> /dev/amrd0s1e 4.7G 2.3G 2.0G53%/usr
> /dev/amrd0s1f14G 2.1G11G16%/var
> procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100%/proc
>
>
> What I would like to do is:
>
> downsize the /var part by 2.0 GB;
> loose the /backup part alltogether;
> add 1 GB to the /mail part;
> add the remaining 4.8 GB to the /ome part.
>
> Any ideas on strategy / directions for accomplishing this?
Well, you're going to modify 4 of your 6 partitions directly: many of
which modifications will involve moving the start of the partition.
You'll also end up moving the /usr partition which means that the only
untouched partition will be /
There's no point fiddling about with this sort of wholesale change:
backup the system (onto different media, clearly) and reinstall from
scratch, with your new partitioning scheme. Then restore your backups
-- note that since you've taken out the /backup partition, the
partition numbering may change, so don't overwrite /etc/fstab.
Cheers,
Matthew
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