Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 19:10:57 -0800 From: abc xyz <un_x@anchorage.net> To: jmcab <jmcab@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can you re-partition disk w/o losing data? Message-ID: <3362C3C1.167EB0E7@anchorage.net> References: <199704270240.VAA04432@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
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jmcab wrote: > > I have freebsd 2.2.1 on an old 386 w/ 85m harddrive. Everything works > but I am running out of space. The drive looks like this: > / 19487 blocks 13201 used > /usr 43087 blocks 39622 used > /var 4118 blocks 644 used > I also have 16m for swap ( my system has 8megs ram) > Can I re-partition the drive by using /stand/sysinstall without using data? > If so , can I cut /root to 15m & cut /var to 2m? Also would it be ok to > cut the swap space? (how much?) BTW, in my ist question, i mean w/o losing > data. > > Thanks, i don't think so. changing partition size means destroying old ones and creating new ones. but i think your sizes are ok - as long as you keep your logs cut down to size and delete some excess junk in your usr partition.
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