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On 11/16/06, Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> jakommo writes: |
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> > On 11/16/06, geistteufel <geistteufel@×××××.fr> wrote: |
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> > > If you have opt in your / I suggest to move it and doing a symlink |
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> > > |
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> > > like cd /; mv opt usr; ln -s usr/opt . |
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> > For now I think maybe its better to make some new partitions and copy |
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> the |
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> > stuff to them by using a live cd and then adjust fstab and/or make |
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> > symlinks. the problem is the maschine is a server and I dont want it to |
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> > be down for a long time, its only used for cups at the moment, but I |
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> > think its more secure to quit the idea of resizing and do it the mount |
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> > and symlink way. another benefit of this way is I can prepare everything |
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> > so I only need to reboot with a live cd to copy the files and thats it. |
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> I don't think there is a neeed to boot from CD for that. Just copy /usr |
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> (or |
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> whatever directory you like) to its new destination, rename /usr and |
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> create |
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> the symlink instantly after that: |
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> cp -pr /usr /newdrive/ |
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> mv /usr /usr.old && /usr.old/bin/ln -s /newdrive/usr / |
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> This makes /usr unavailable for a fraction of seconds only. Programs |
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> currently using files in /usr should not be affected, when the files are |
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> still open it should not matter if they are renamed as long as they stay |
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> on |
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> the same partition. |
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> Alex |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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thanks Alex, |
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I think I try that, but I wait for a moment where it doesn't metter if |
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something goes wrong. |
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jakommo |
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