Re: [Re: [Re: Can i possibly do this? If not, what r my alternatives]]

[Kapil Khanna <boomkap usa net>]

Joe,
Yes thats what i was thinking too. Thanks for direction.
Cheers!
--Kapil
Joe Polk <listuser javelinux com> wrote:
I'm sorry I didn't address the external drive. Yes, I would get the
drive setup and create a partition. I would then tar up my /usr
directory. Then remove everything from /usr but I would think you'll
need to leave /usr there but empty. Then simply mount the new /usr to
/dev/<whateveryournewhdis>.  You'll need an entry in /etc/fstab I
imagine, perhaps someone can clarify.  The key is once you know the
device name, /dev/sda1 for example, you can mount it to the empty /usr
with mount.

<<JAV>>

On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 14:04, Kapil Khanna wrote:
> Joe,
> Thanks for the suggestions. Well i am using the laptop as a server so it
will
> always be connected on the network.
> >From reading your suggestions i thought maybe buying an external hard
drive
> could be a solution. Assume i have an external hard drive what should my
next
> steps be:
> 1) Format the drive
> 2) copy /usr to the new drive.
> 3) rm /usr from primary drive
> 4) mount /usr from secondary drive onto primary?
> Am i reading you correct?
> 
> Joe Polk <listuser javelinux com> wrote:
> You can't mount to / directly because / is already mounted. You can,
> however, mount to a subdirectory by creating the empty directory and
> then mounting it. This is why /mnt works and / doesn't. 60% isn't
> necessarily a problem yet. The culprit, however, is likely /usr. Much of
> your application files will go here. Thus, the more apps you install,
> the more space is used. If you have /usr on a separate partition you
> would see this clearly. I would think, though, simply moving /usr to an
> SMB filesystem (Windows) might prove dangerous.  Permissions would
> likely not be exact, though someone can clarify or correct me there.
> Also, you must realize that with a laptop, when you remove yourself from
> the network, you may lose functionality.  If you're really concerned
> about space, you might want to pull that hard drive and see what type it
> is. I've found that laptop hd's come in 2 flavors: a relatively standard
> thickness and a somewhat thinner one. I don't know if these have
> technically assigned names denoting form factor, but you can research.
> If you determine your type, try going out to Pricewatch.com pricing a
> new one or eBay for a second hand one. You could probably pick up a
> 5-10GB drive fairly cheaply. Just a thought.  In the meantime, if you
> have the basic setup you want, you probably should worry too much about
> 60%.  If you were inclined to reinstall, you could try putting /usr on
> it's own partition. This way, should it reach capacity, / would be
> filled and crash your system.
> 
> <<JAV>>
> 
> On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:22, Kapil Khanna wrote:
> > I recently installed Redhat on an old P2 laptop. It works like a champ
and
> i
> > am extremely pleased. However the laptop only comes with 2.5 GB of hard
> drive
> > space. Using the system over the last couple of weeks has the drive at
60%
> of
> > its capacity. Thats making me anxious that someday i will have to deal
with
> > space issues.
> > I was successfully able to map a Windows file system from another machine
> on
> > my network via Samba on /mnt. 
> > I have always wondered if i can mount this additional windows file system
on
> /
> > (root) rather than a sub directory of /. That way i can add virtual hard
> drive
> > space to that Linux box. In fact i tried doing this once but was
> unsuccessful
> > with a message saying the device/resource was busy.
> > Any ideas on how i can get around this problem? I have thought about
> symblins
> > from the linux file system directories to the samba share, what other
> options
> > can i explore? If i install an external hard drive will that add space to
my
> /
> > (root) file system? 
> > A df on my machine reveals the following:
> > Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2              2885216   1622088   1116568  60% /
> > /dev/hda1                50723      5967     42137  13% /boot
> > none                     47188         0     47188   0% /dev/shm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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