Re: Post install partitioning
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>
To: "alex" <radsky@ncia.net>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Post install partitioning
> Suppose you want to create a new partition for /var:
>
> Boot into single-user mode - this is because with /var you will be
> deleting stuff that is currently in use in a multi-user
> environment. It isn't necessary if you're moving /home or the
like.
>
> # cfdisk /dev/hdc # partition new hard disk
hdc??? I think my hdc is for CDROM but I do have / installed on hdb.
Can't I just make additional partitions for /var and the others on hdb
or hda
with appropriate partition numbers?
> # mke2fs /dev/hdc1 # Make a file system on new partition
> # mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt # mount it on /mnt
> # cd /var # don't forget this or the next commands
> # will destroy everything
> # cp -a . /mnt # copy the filetree to the new filesystem
Is the period a typo or does it belong here and in the next command?
> # rm -rf . # delete it from the old filesystem
> # umount /mnt # remove the new partition from /mnt
> # mount /dev/hdc1 /var # and put it in its new position
>
> Edit /etc/fstab to insert the line for mounting /var
automatically.
I can edit but this one stops me....It's probably simple but I
have no idea of what to type in /etc/fstab.
> Go to multi-user mode again.
>
> All paths in /var will be unchanged and no action is required. The
> entry in /etc/fstab will ensure that /var is mounted when the system
> comes up and everything will be as it was before, but with more space.
Does making the new partititions and trasferring data to them from /
result in
unusable large vacancies in /? What can be done about this?
>
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