Re: Increasing space under an existing directory

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

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?
>
>
>  
If you have free space elsewhere, you can move one of the subdirectories 
of /usr to that free space, and then symlink to that new location. It 
may defeat the purpose of having /usr on its own partition, depending on 
your setup, but it's a method to free up space on that partition.

--
Kent