Re: repartitioning
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
> Ok. I've been running linux since about march, and when I installed, I
> installed entirely to one partition. Having since realized the error of
> my ways, and having filled up the first (400 mb) partition I originally
> installed it on, I've decided to repartition and make seperate partitions
> for /, /usr, /tmp, /usr/local, and /var (are there any others it might
> be usefull to make seperate partitions out of?).
>
> I have close to a gig of _unpartitioned_ space left on my drive.
> Is there any way I can either
> a) partition this empty space into a bunch of new partitions and <move> my
> current system onto it, without completely reinstalling?
> b) or can I somehow repartition the space I'm already using without
> deleting everything?
>
> Basically, I started with a 1.2 CD. I've upgraded bits n'pieces
> since, and to re-download them all would probably take me a week or more,
> if I can even find everything ... so I'd like to avoid a complete
> reinstall.
>
I did essentially that without incident by using 'cp -a' (don't copy
/proc, however).
Of course you will have to edit /etc/fstab and probably /etc/lilo.conf
plus run lilo before rebooting.
I made a tape backup just in case, but didn't need to use it.
Bob
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