From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 11:25:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F30216A4E4 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:25:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A788A43D39 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:25:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 3325 invoked from network); 26 Dec 2003 18:41:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 26 Dec 2003 18:41:11 -0000 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:42:08 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Joseph" Message-Id: <20031226204208.08bf2914.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <006d01c3cbdd$5bb2eed0$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> References: <006d01c3cbdd$5bb2eed0$6401a8c0@GINIPIG> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrate /usr (ufs) to different partition (ufs2) on different slice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:25:23 -0000 On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:23:27 -0600 "Joseph" wrote: > Is it possible for me, in one way or another, to newfs a ufs2 partition from a differently partitioned slice? [..] > Merge space from unused ad0s1; > newfs to ufs2; > Create new /usr partition based on ad0s1's given space; > Create new /var partition " > Configure Loader to only recognise the 5_1_releng partition. > > I understand the implications of this procedure. Namely, I'll lose a Stable Partition, whilst having to deal with Current's quirks. > > This isn't a production server, it's more of a hobby machine where I can learn how to implement commands, and understand > coding structure/debug/fix. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK will probably respond to your needs. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user