Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:09:01 +0400 From: Igor Roboul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re-partioning hard disk Message-ID: <20000825090901.E16762@linux.rainbow> In-Reply-To: <39A5FA47.B5620A41@pop.jaring.my>; from netline@pop.jaring.my on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:47:04PM %2B0800 References: <39A5FA47.B5620A41@pop.jaring.my>
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On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:47:04PM +0800, K H Tan wrote: > Hello, > > I've some questions : > > 1) I've decided to re-partition my hard disk, to allocate more space to > /var for e.g. Is there a way to do this or do I have to reinstall the > whole OS? > > 2) Currently I have one NIC installed. If I install another one and > connect both to a switching hub, will I get double bandwidth? > How do I go about making the NICs redundant - in case one fails, the > other takes over? > > Thank you. Step by step: 1) Copy content of /var to (for exampe) /usr/var_bak 2) remove /var from /etc/fstab (or comment it out) 3) modify /etc/rc: after mounting / add "rmdir /var ; ln -s /usr/var_bak /var" 4) reboot 5) now you can make new slice for /var 6) mount it on /mnt 7) cp from /usr/var_bak 8) remove your additions from /etc/rc 9) add entry for new /var into /etc/fstab 10) reboot 11) if all is Ok, then remove /usr/var_bak -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga" http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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