Re: Ooooh A new HDD!
Subject: Re: Ooooh A new HDD!
Date: Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 10:19:40PM +1200
In reply to:Michael Beattie
Quoting Michael Beattie(mickyb@es.co.nz):
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, George Bonser wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It greatly depends on what you do. cd to / as root and try the following:
> >
> > du -s /usr
> >
> > du -s /var
>
> Okay, this was handy, but I have a logistical problem now... :)
> here is some info:
>
> Size (MB) Path
>
> 22 /usr/X11R6
> 17 /usr/bin
> 3 /usr/sbin
> 0 /usr/dict
> 11 /usr/doc
> 0 /usr/games
> 4 /usr/include
> 3 /usr/info
> 29 /usr/lib
> 0 /usr/local
> 8 /usr/man
> 0 /usr/media
> 21 /usr/netscape
> 7 /usr/share
> 0 /usr/src
> ---
> 125
>
> I have a 100MB HDD...
>
> (I know, I should have netscape under /usr/local, but I didnt know better
> when I installed it... How can I move it? (V. 4.04))
>
> > As for making it appear as part of the original drive, that is what
> > /etc/fstab is for.
>
> Yes, but I meant this:
>
> current: 195MB
> new : 106MB
>
> add : 301MB
>
> so that it appears the drive now has 301 MB. I think this is something you
> have to compile into the kernel? CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD ?
>
No, the kernel does not have to be recompiled when you add new disks.
If you want to put /usr/local on a New (empty) disk partition.
1. mke2fs /dev/???
2. mount /dev/??? /mnt
3. ( cd /usr/local ; tar clf - . ) | ( cd /mnt ; tar xvpBf - )
#3 copies all files from /usr/local to /dev/??? (which will
become the New /usr/local
4. varify the #3 did it correctly - diff -r /usr/local /mnt
5. edit /etc/fstab - add the new partition
ie /dev/hdb1 /usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2
6. Now delete the OLD /usr/local directory. cd /usr ; rm -rf ./local
7. umount /mnt ( not really necessary )
8. Now reboot the system & enjoy your new drive.
HTH
--
"As part of the conversion, computer specialists rewrote 1,500
programs; a process that traditionally requires some debugging.
-- USA Today, referring to the IRS switchover to a new computer system.
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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@ix.netcom.com>
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