[CLUE-Tech] Moving data between partitions?

[Collins]

On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 09:31:33 -0600 "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 08:46:03 -0600
> Collins <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> > > On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Jeffery C. Cann wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Is there a simple way to move space from my /var partition to
> > > > my / partition?
> > 
> > I depends on what you mean by simple.  Presuming you have
> > sufficient space in your / partition (If not, see above!) I would:
> > 
> > 1) Shut down to single user mode (INIT 1)
> > 2) unmount your /var partition and mount it on another mount point
> > (/mnt ?).
> > 3) cp -a /mnt/* /var
> > 4) Fix your /etc/fstab (remove entry for /var)
> > 5) INIT3 or INIT 5 and continue
> 
> Um, maybe I'm missing something here. But doesn't there need to be a
> step to take the freed space away from the partition mounted as /var
> (e.g./dev/hdac or whatever), and allocate it to the partition
> mounted on / ?
> 
> I have a vague recollection of Partition Magic being available for
> linux, but it isn't free (in any sense).
> 
> And where's Keith? I thought I'd leave the obligatory LVM commentary
> to him. ;-)
> 

The permutations and combinations are, obviously, numerous.  We need a
better description of what Jeffrey's partition setup and free space
are and what he is trying to accomplish.

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