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update your /etc/fstab file to mount the partition at boot..
/dev/hdb1 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
note: you can delete the files in /usr to reclaim disk space in /
do it like this..
umount /usr
rm -rf /usr
mkdir /usr
mount /usr
Everything done almost as you had instructed.
/dev/hda5 is a 3.5G ext3 partition, created through the install of Mandrake. Mandrake was later killed (didn't have time to mess with it), leaving an empty 3.5G partition.
mount /dev/hda5 /h
cd /usr
cp -r * /h
umount /h
mount /dev/hda5 /usr
Then... Here comes the problem:
cd /
umount /usr
rm -rf /usr
mkdir usr
mount /dev/hda5 /usr
Space not reclaimed. /dev/hda3 is still at 100% full.
I've updated /etc/fstab, so the next thing I'll be trying is a reboot...
Originally posted by DavidPhillips are you sure /usr was on hda5 to start with?
I don't see how it could still be using space if you actually deleted it.
try du -c /usr to see what space would be saved
Once again, thank you for the help. It worked flawlessly, except for the BKAC error. I backed up the original /usr before starting, and then totally forgot about it. No wonder the space didn't get freed up!
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