How to mount a directory?

mr_dizzle · 01-07-2006, 03:47 PM

One of my servers has most of the drive space allocated to /home.
There is also a mount for /usr but not that much space is allocated to it.
All of the install/set-up scripts I have use the path of /usr.

Is there a way to allocate all of the space from /home to /usr and kill /home ?

Or should I mount /usr/local/apache (i want this directory) with the space from /home ?

I guess I am asking how to mount the space from /home to /usr/local/apache ??

I'm using ext3.

Thanks for you help.

Keruskerfuerst · 01-07-2006, 08:49 PM

Is there a way to allocate all of the space from /home to /usr and kill /home ?

If you backup /home, you can do that. Backup /home, umount /home and create instead of 1 partition 2 partitions. 1 part for /home, the other one for /usr (as desired).

Keruskerfuerst · 01-07-2006, 08:49 PM

Is there a way to allocate all of the space from /home to /usr and kill /home ?

If you backup /home, you can do that. Backup /home, umount /home and create instead of 1 partition 2 partitions. 1 part for /home, the other one for /usr (as desired).

Keruskerfuerst · 01-08-2006, 01:12 AM

But it is not easy to move an existing /usr

alunduil · 01-08-2006, 01:26 AM

why not just make a symbolic link from the full partition to the empty one?

Regards,

Alunduil

mr_dizzle · 01-08-2006, 05:20 PM

yeah, the symlink works and is probably the easiest way to fix.

thanks