Re: [aclug-L] Partition!!!

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 11:48:56PM -0600, Mohammad Islam wrote:

> My question is..is there any way to shrink the / partition and allocate
> some space to /usr?

Not easily, but one thing you can do is move large files or directories from
one partition to the other, and use symbolic links.

For instance, I might move /usr/doc to /doc like this:

cd /usr
tar -cSpf - doc | tar -xvSpf - -C /
# [ Now check that /doc is OK, and then, while still in /usr.... ]
rm -rf /usr/doc
ln -sf /doc

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