Re: [gentoo-user] Resize /

[jakommo <jakommo@gmail.com>]

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On 11/16/06, Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> wrote:
>
> jakommo writes:
>
> > On 11/16/06, geistteufel <geistteufel@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > > If you have opt in your / I suggest to move it and doing a symlink
> > >
> > > like cd /; mv opt usr; ln -s usr/opt .
> > For now I think maybe its better to make some new partitions and copy
> the
> > stuff to them by using a live cd and then adjust fstab and/or make
> > symlinks. the problem is the maschine is a server and I dont want it to
> > be down for a long time, its only used for cups at the moment, but I
> > think its more secure to quit the idea of resizing and do it the mount
> > and symlink way. another benefit of this way is I can prepare everything
> > so I only need to reboot with a live cd to copy the files and thats it.
>
> I don't think there is a neeed to boot from CD for that. Just copy /usr
> (or
> whatever directory you like) to its new destination, rename /usr and
> create
> the symlink instantly after that:
>
> cp -pr /usr /newdrive/
> mv /usr /usr.old && /usr.old/bin/ln -s /newdrive/usr /
>
> This makes /usr unavailable for a fraction of seconds only. Programs
> currently using files in /usr should not be affected, when the files are
> still open it should not matter if they are renamed as long as they stay
> on
> the same partition.
>
>         Alex
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>
thanks Alex,

I think I try that, but I wait for a moment where it doesn't metter if
something goes wrong.

jakommo

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