[ale] Drive space

[esoteric at atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Jonathan Feldman wrote:
> 
> # umask 0
> # cd /home
> # find . -print | cpio -pvmd /newhome
> # umount /home
> # ln -s /newhome /home

If it's to be a permanent solution just change the home partition to the
new partition, forget about the symlink.

if home is /dev/hda5 and the other partition is /dev/hda7, mount
/dev/hda7 as /newhome, copy as above, then change your reference to
/home in /etc/fstab from /dev/hda5 to /dev/hda7.

> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> --Jonathan
> http://feldman.org
> 
> >>> "Brubakken, Eric" <eric.brubakken at SouthernEnergy.Com> 09/06 10:49 AM >>>
> Ok, I'm still new at this.
> 
> The drive that contains the /home directories is fast filling up.  I don't
> have any more room to install another drive, but I do have a drive that has
> almost 3 gig free.
> 
> Would it be possible to move all the data to that drive and then create a
> symbolic link from /home to the new directory?
> 
> Eric T. Brubakken
> 
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