[NTLUG:Discuss] / filling up, again. 2nd try

[Greg Edwards]

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> 
> I realize I may be asking the impossible but I'm not sure what else to
> do.  I am enclosing the partition information for you so you'll know how
> I have this hard drive split up.  
> 
> For background, this box is a dual boot into Win98 and RH 8.0.  It
> originally had a 6 Gig drive in it that I've partitioned into vfat (3.8
> Gigs for Win98) and the rest as a the boot partition for Linux.  I also
> used some other space for some of the other partitions.  So my partition
> info is given below...
> 
> /dev/hda1  vfat   3.8 GB    /mnt/hda1
> /dev/hda2        53.2 MB   /boot
> /dev/hda3        509.6 MB  /swap
> /dev/hda5        341.8 MB  /
> /dev/hda6        1.3 GB    /tmp
> /dev/hdc1        2.2 GB    /var
> /dev/hdc2        3.8 GB    /opt
> /dev/hdc3        2.4 GB    /usr/local
> /dev/hdc5        2.4 GB    /usr/src
> /dev/hdc6        13.5 GB   /home
> /dev/hdc7        13.5 GB   /usr
> 
> Incidentally, why is there no /dev/hda4 or /dev/hdc4?  Why does the
> system skip hdx4 when setting up partitions?  
> 
> Boot I can deal with by deleting old kernals and sources I no longer
> need.  But / I have no idea what to do with.
> 
> Thanks for your input.
> 
> Wayne


341M is small for / when you consider that /bin /sbin /etc /lib are all 
going to be on that partition.  How much is in /opt?

One idea:

Copy all of /opt to another location, maybe /home/tmpopt.  Unmount /opt 
and make a symlink from /opt to /home/tmpopt.  Change the mount point of 
/opt to /newroot in /etc/fstab.  Mount /newroot and copy all dirs on the 
current / partition to /newroot (ie /lib to /newroot/lib /bin to 
/newroot/bin and so on).  Change the mount points in /etc/fstab so that 
/ is the now where /newroot was and /oldroot is where / was.  Do not 
unmount anything, just change /etc/fstab.  Shutdown and restart, 
shutdown does not use /etc/fstab.  This should mount / on the partition 
that /opt was originally on and /oldroot where / was.  After all this 
you can move /home/tmpopt back to /opt or even to old / partition.

Before you try this, someone double check my logic here!!

/dev/hdx4 is a primary partition that is holding the extended partitions 
5, 6, and 7.  The max primary partitions is 4 so if you use more than 4 
a primary is split up to give you more.

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