Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (528 mails)

["M9." <monkey9@xxxxxx>]

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Rajko M. schreef:
> On Sunday 06 May 2007 10:13, M9. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to expand /usr, and /var, by mount --bind to a free partition.
>> This does not take the message away..
>> for some reason /var is spammed full with zypp stuf and xml-files, which
>> are, imho unnessesary.(only, i do not know what i can throw away safely..)
>>
>> How can i achieve, that there is clear, that there is more space
>> available at the other location?
>>
>> I did try to add the mounts to /etc/fstab by /dev/hdd7/usr
>>
>> /dev/hda6/spare/usr bind defaults 0 0, but i get the answer:
>>> tribal-sfn2:/home/monkey9 # /dev/hdd7/usr /dev/hda6/spare/usr bind
>>> defaults 0 0 bash: /dev/hdd7/usr: Niet een map
>>> tribal-sfn2:/home/monkey9 #
>> Can someone give me 'the golden tip' on how to expand a run out of space
>> partition?
>>
>> please?
>>
>> ;-)
> 
> It's hard to tell without knowing usage.
> In the system with single used partition for all directories, I used to switch 
> to runlevel 1 nad then:
>   mkdir /mnt/hdd7
>   mount -t auto /dev/hdd7  /mnt/hdd7
>   copy /usr  /mnt/hdd7
>   umount /mnt/hdd7
>   mv /usr /usr1
>   mount -t auto /dev/hda7  /usr
> Check that it works. 
>   init 5
> Put in /etc/fstab
>   /dev/hdd7  /usr auto defaults 0 0
> Reboot to see that it is all OK and remove /usr1. 
> Instead of "auto" you can put actual file system on /dev/hdd7.

This sounds good!
Create a new /usr
Replace the old usr by a bigger one!
Clever thinking, and empty the old one to use it for something else..

I am gonna do that.. thnx for thinking with me ;-)



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Have a nice day,

M9.               Now, is the only time that exists.



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