Re: Increasing space under an existing directory

From: Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:15:02 -0600

    On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:43 +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
    > Vinod wrote:
    >
    > >Hi,
    > >During Sarge install, I mounted /usr on a separate partition and did
    > >the install. Now, after I installed some software, /usr has aroung 100M
    > >free. My question is, can I use mount to mount an additional drive
    > >under /usr to increase the space? Or do I have to use LVM? I read the
    > >LVM pages, but it did not make sense. What would I need to do for the
    > >same?
    > >
    > You can use a tool to resize your partition (if you have place left or
    > can shrink another partition)
    > for instance parted. Or you could have installed on LVM which allows you
    > to resize partitions
    > to avoid the kind of problem you are having now.

    Or, he could reinstall. If it's a fresh install, reinstalling
    shouldn't be that big a burden.

    And, remember that this is 2005, not 1995. /usr doesn't have to
    be on it's own disk anymore. 

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