Re: Increasing space under an existing directory

[Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@sjki.be>]

Vinod wrote:

> Hi,
> During Sarge install, I mounted /usr on a separate partition and did
> the install. Now, after I installed some software, /usr has aroung 100M
> free. My question is, can I use mount to mount an additional drive
> under /usr to increase the space? Or do I have to use LVM? I read the
> LVM pages, but it did not make sense. What would I need to do for the
> same?
You can use a tool to resize your partition (if you have place left or 
can shrink another partition)
for instance parted. Or you could have installed on LVM which allows you 
to resize partitions
to avoid the kind of problem you are having now.

Regards,
Benedict