Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 13:36:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> To: Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net> Cc: cryptic <cryptic@inf.net.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980808133316.26603A-100000@outpost.nada.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980808104558.20986A-100000@engulf.net>
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I did these kind of maipulations, but it required that I newfs the resized and/or moved partitions. I passed from: / 30 Mb swap 70Mb /usr 1Gb /var 30Mb to: /, swap: same /usr 1.3Gb /var 70Mb I'll soon be publishing a 'howto' on my web page. As for your question, yes, it is possible, but you must BACKUP! On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Brandon Lockhart wrote: > Now, a quick question for FreeBSD developer's or experienced users. In > HP/UX 10.20 you can extend a file system size. In FreeBSD, can you shrink > the size of one partition and then increase another? For example, my > /var/ is running out of room due to all the log's and the mail stored > there. Besides making the directory /usr/mail, and symbolicly linking > /var/mail to /usr/mail, is it possible to shrink /usr about 100 megs (1 > gig is still free), and then make /var/ take what is left? > > > ,-----------------------------------------------------------------. > | //// "Anything I say represents only my opinion." | > | (o o) / | > | ,---ooO--(_)--Ooo---------------------------------------------, | > | | BRANDON LOCKHART | | > | `-------------------------------------------------------------' | > | brandon.lockhart@usinternetworking.com brandon@engulf.net | > | Work: (410) 897-4551 Pager: (888) xxx-xxxx | > `-----------------------------------------------------------------' > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Spidey How 'bout a little ride through your own world? http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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