resizing partitions

[Jerry McAllister]

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> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Jerry McAllister wrote:
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> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>     I've got a 5.3-RELEASE box which has a /usr partition /dev/ad0s1e that
> >> is to small by approximately 700 mb. I've got the space on /var /dev/ad0s1d
> >> to do a resize, but i am unsure as to the procedure. I tried this once a
> >> while back on a test box and lost everything. If anyone has done this or has
> >> a procedure i'd be interested.
> >
> > Instead of actually resizing the partition, you can just move some
> > of the stuff to a partition where you have plenty of room and then
> > make sym-links to it.   /usr/local  and  /usr/ports are good
> > candidates.   Tar the whole directory tree up and put it where
> > you want and untar it.   Then make links and rm the old one.
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> Probably worth making sure you add the 'pS' options to tar as well...

Good idea.

////jerry

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> -p
> --same-permissions
> --preserve-permissions  Extract all protection information.
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> -S
> --sparse                Handle ``sparse'' files efficiently.
> 
> I find whenever I do something like this and forget those -- particularly 
> -p -- I end up regretting it when users whine at me because they can't 
> write to their files :-)
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