Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:00:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: freebsd@philip.pjkh.com (Philip Hallstrom) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resizing partitions Message-ID: <200504211500.j3LF0SZh016675@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050421073339.N79966@wolf.pjkh.com>
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> > > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > >> > >> Hello, > >> I've got a 5.3-RELEASE box which has a /usr partition /dev/ad0s1e that > >> is to small by approximately 700 mb. I've got the space on /var /dev/ad0s1d > >> to do a resize, but i am unsure as to the procedure. I tried this once a > >> while back on a test box and lost everything. If anyone has done this or has > >> a procedure i'd be interested. > > > > Instead of actually resizing the partition, you can just move some > > of the stuff to a partition where you have plenty of room and then > > make sym-links to it. /usr/local and /usr/ports are good > > candidates. Tar the whole directory tree up and put it where > > you want and untar it. Then make links and rm the old one. > > Probably worth making sure you add the 'pS' options to tar as well... Good idea. ////jerry > > -p > --same-permissions > --preserve-permissions Extract all protection information. > > -S > --sparse Handle ``sparse'' files efficiently. > > I find whenever I do something like this and forget those -- particularly > -p -- I end up regretting it when users whine at me because they can't > write to their files :-) >
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