Re: Maximal Mount Count
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On 3/9/99, 6:32:06 PM, Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au> wrote regarding Re:
Maximal Mount Count:
> Paul Puri wrote:
> > What is the command that I use to mv /usr to /dev/hda2?
> >
> > I tried 'mv /usr /hda2/usr', but that gave me the error, 'mv: cannot
> > move '/usr' across filesystems: Not a regular file.
> >
> > Thank you...
> >
> did you mount your /dev/hda2 on /hda2?? If you did, you may try cp
-R after that,
> you can then delete the /usr
I typed, 'cp -R /usr /hda2/usr
It is in the process of copying
When it done, what can I do to make /hda2/usr, just plain /usr?
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 3/9/99, 5:52:08 PM, Andrei Ivanov <c680789@showme.missouri.edu> wrote
> > regarding Re: Maximal Mount Count:
> >
> > > > It is a 1gig partition. I have two others on this same machine.
> >
> > > Ok, make your partitions ready for linux (ext2 fs, etc).
> > > >
> > > > What can I do to move stuff to these other partitions so that my 1st
> > > > partition will not be so loaded down. I would like to install more
> > > > software there?
> >
> > > Then what you can do is split your major directories into separate
> > > partitions. Like, /usr can have it's own partition,
> > > /home can have it's own partition. All you do for it is copy the files
> > > over to those new partitions from old directories, and then edit
> > > /etc/fstab to indicate where to mount those partitions to.
> > > For example, if you are creating a new partition /dev/hda2
> > > and you want to put /usr on it, you copy the files from your old /usr
> > onto
> > > the /dev/hda2, and add a line to /etc/fstab to tell that /usr is to
> > > mounted to /dev/hda2
> >
> > > > What directory trees can safely be moved to another partition?
> >
> > > /usr
> > > /home
> > > /var
> >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> >
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> > > Andrei S. Ivanov
> > > c680789@showme.missouri.edu
> > > UIN 12402354
> > > http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.
> >
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