04-16-2009
how to install new packages when / partition space is full
during installation i created four partitions mainly
/ 5GB
/home 1GB
/boot 100MB
swap 2GB
now since i didnt make the /usr partition all of the packages were being installed in the / partition ..now all the space in the / partition is filled ...i ran du -h ..i could see that / partition had been filled till 100% capacity ., is there a way where i can install new packages in my system ...even though i explored the possibility of creating another partition and renaming it as /usr and permanently mounting it under fstab.
Last edited by tarunicon; 04-16-2009 at 11:55 PM..
Reason: typed in the wrong partition name
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
repartit
REPARTITION(8) System Manager's Manual REPARTITION(8)
NAME
repartition - load a partition table
SYNOPSIS
repartition device [partition-file]
DESCRIPTION
Repartition uploads a new partition table for the partitions of device. The table is obtained from the first sector of partition-file if
given, device otherwise. Device may refer to the whole drive or a primary partition, depending on whether you want to upload a partition
or a subpartition table. The partitions will be truncated to fit within the enclosing device like the disk driver does, unless the numbers
are coming from partition-file.
EXAMPLES
repartition /dev/hd0
repartition /dev/hd4 /etc/hd4.table
Reload the partition table of drive 0 setting /dev/hd[1-4], and the subpartition table of /dev/hd4 setting /dev/hd4[a-d] using a file. The
latter may be useful if you need more than the 4 subpartitions a single Minix partition gives you.
DIAGNOSTICS
The new table is printed on standard output.
FILES
/dev/hd[0-9]
SEE ALSO
hd(4), part(8).
BUGS
The disk must be in use for the changes to stick. The partition table of an idle disk will be reloaded on the first open.
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
REPARTITION(8)