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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:44 pm    Post subject: changing partition setup Reply with quote

Forgive me if this is a dupe, I searched a bit, but don't really know where to begin.

See, I need to change the way I've got my partitions setup, right now:

hda2 /boot
hda5 /
hda6 /mnt/.init.d
hda7 /tmp
hda8 /var
hda9 /home
hda10 /usr
hda11 /opt
hda12 /dev/shm
hda13 swap

Anyone who knows what they're doing may be able to see the folly of my ways. I keep getting weird errors when I try to put the /mnt/.init.d in fstab. Rather than try to get it to work (if that's possible), i'd rather just add that space to my root partition. Also, I'd like to remove the /dev/shm partition and the swap then move the swap down where /dev/shm was.

Any kind of links or just straight directions, even advice, is welcome.

Thank you in advance
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

/mnt/.init.d is supposed to be mounted on tmpfs or shmfs (or whatever the name is for it, I forget) - you shouldn't mess with it. It doesn't actually get stored on a disk anywhere.

The same goes for /dev/shm - it's supposed to be shared memory, and therefore should stay in RAM for performance reasons.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right, I gathered that, now, I need to figure out how to use the space efficiently. I know I can somehow resize my partitions. I've got close to 3g of extra space to play with (empty at the end of my ext partition), I just need to know the process of whatever, to get it the way I want it.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is how I would attempt to do it.

For your root partition:
- Boot a Gentoo system CD.
- mkdir /mnt/save
- Mount a partition that is large enough to hold the contents of / to /mnt/save
- mkdir /mnt/save/root-save
- mkdir /mnt/old; mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/old
- cp -vra /mnt/old/* /mnt/save/root-save/
- umount /mnt/old
- Use fdisk to delete hda5 and hda6, then create hda5 in that space
- mkfs.WHATEVERFS /dev/hda5
- mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/old
- cp -vra /mnt/save/root-save/* /mnt/old/
- umount /mnt/old; umount /mnt/save

Double check your fstab while you still have / mounted to see if you need to add a label to /dev/hda5 (like Red Hat does)

For swap (and /dev/shm):
- While booted in Gentoo system CD
- Use fdisk to delete hda12 and hda13 then create hda12 as your new swap
- mkdir /mnt/root
- mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/root
- Edit /mnt/root/etc/fstab to point your new Swap

Reboot.

This is just an outline of how I would attempt this. I have not tried this with Gentoo system CDs or anything. I believe this or some similar variation should work for you but I give NO GUARANTEES or WARRANTIES. Make sure you understand what is happening before you go and fdisk around.

Again, I have not tried this so I may not be able to answer specific questions regarding any problems you may encounter.

Good Luck
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 8:47 am    Post subject: Another related question Reply with quote

DIRTYJAKE

Hey, that was exactly what I was looking for. Thanx much.

I wonder if there's anyone who can help w/ another novice question. Say I've got a 2g /usr and a 2g /var, then a 9g /opt that's not getting any use. Rather than remount as illustrated earlier, is there anyway to create an extended volume (so to speak) or link /usr & /var to an "overflow folder" in /opt?

Any advice is great. Thanx again in advance.
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