Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:35:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Adam Hefetz <adam_hefetz@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: adding disk space Message-ID: <XFMail.000728083535.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <F66q5pneeFUtLch9wPi0000c2c8@hotmail.com>
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On 27-Jul-00 Adam Hefetz wrote: > Hi, > I was trying to add disk space to /usr after deleting some windows > partions and expanding the FreeBSD slice. When I type 'df' there is no > difference in disk space. What's wrong? Simply moving slice bounds won't get you a larger filesystem. You also have to create a filesystem on the new space. If you have moved the slice boundary already I suggest you try to move it back and get back to where you were before deleting the windows partitions. You cannot extend a filesystem, only create a new one. 1. If your newly created space is just beside your current /usr then backup /usr and do a newfs etc on the new now larger slice, then restore the backup into the new area. 2. (I would recommend this one). Create a new filesystem on the very slice windows was just on. Be careful so that the slice boundary is EXACTLY as before moving it around in the first place. Then when you have a working fs mount it where you want. For example: If you run out if space in /usr/home let the new fs be /usr/home. 3. You can also use vinum(8) to concatenate two slices/drives/whatever into one big one. This entails some disklabelling and perhaps some experimenting on your part but is straightforward when you know how to do it and works very well. ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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