[H-GEN] altering disk partitions

[Mark Suter]

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Dale,

I suggested "try the symlink solution" but I didn't give any
details.  So, here's an example of moving /usr/share over to
/home/usr_share and leaving a symlink in its place.

    # shutdown now	# Goto single-user mode

    # mkdir /home/usr_share
    # chown root:root /home/usr_share
    # chmod u=rwx,og=rx /home/usr_share

    # cd /usr/share
    # tar cpsSf - . | ( cd /home/usr_share ; tar xpsSf - )
    # cd /usr
    # mv share share.old && ln -s /home/usr_share share

    # telinit 2		# Return to the default from /etc/inittab

Once you've confirmed all is well, you can delete all of
/usr/share.old and get the free space you desire.

Yours sincerely,

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