Re: [SLUG] Mepis - The good, The Bad and the...

["Christopher Booth" <christopherbooth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 10 gig Mandrake partition, used perhaps 4 gig of it.
I wanted to create a directory on it and call it say "mepis-usr"
then make it the /usr directory, or make a subdirectory call "usr" to be 
/usr when I boot up Mepis.
Mandrake won't bother with it.

I don't want to create another partition really, or is this the only way to 
do it ?

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <amos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mepis - The good, The Bad and the...


> Martin wrote:
> > $quoted_author = "amos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ;
> >
> > > mkfs the new partition
> > > mount the new partition
> > > take system down to single-user mode
> > > "cp -a /usr /new/usr/partition"
> > > umount the new filesystem
> > > "mv /usr /oldusr"
> > > update /etc/fstab
> > > mount new filesystem under /usr
> > > take system back to multi-user mode
> > > make sure everything is ok
> > > (possibly - backup /oldusr)
> > > rm -rf /oldusr to free this disk space
> >
> >
> > doing it that way can be painful if you need something in /usr/lib or
> > /usr/local/lib after you try to move /usr out of the way to create the 
> > new
> > mountpoint.
>
> What would you possibly need from there while in single-user mode?
> There are about 2-3 commands which are done without /usr here, and
> /bin is supposed to provide everything you'll need before mounting /usr.
>
> > i'd be inclined to boot from a live cd (knoppix, ubuntu etc.etc.) and 
> > then
> > operate on the disk using the tools you have on the cd.
>
> That's a possibility too, but sounds like a hassle if you don't have
> such a cd handy, and the way I offered is the the way such procedures
> where done for eons before the live-cd era.
>
> > cheers
> > marty
>
> Cheers,
>
> --Amos


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