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Date:      Wed, 19 May 2004 20:50:35 -1000
From:      hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com
To:        Nicholas Basila <mlists@northglobe.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr out of space
Message-ID:  <c05802c05381.c05381c05802@socal.rr.com>

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> On Thursday 20 May 2004 02:19 am, hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> > Aloha Nicholas
> > Thanks for responding. I had just received a hint
> > about growfs and while reading that I found out
> > about newfs. I have indeed performed the newfs and
> > can now mount /dev/da1s4f.
> > Would it be possible to use growfs to add the new
> > slice to /usr?
> It is possible to use growfs, but in your case - more complicated, 
> as 
> you have /usr and the new /usr in two different slices.  You'd have 
> to 
> resize the slice with fdisk, then use disklabel and growfs. 

I'm aware of that as I have been studying growfs 
and fdisk for the last half an hour. I wasn't 
wanting to waste that 2.3 Gig in the middle of 
slice 2 but now I think I'll use it for /home 
after I get /usr moved.

Thanks again and wish me luck because here I go!

Robert



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