bascule wrote:
>
> out of interest civileme, why can you not move /etc ? is it a boot time
> thing?
>
> bascule
>
> Civileme wrote:
> >
> > Gavin Clark wrote:
> > >
> > > on 5/28/00 10:14 PM, Mike Zachry wrote:
> > >
> > > > My partitions are
> > > > hdb1 as /boot
> > > > hdb5 as /
> > > > hdb6 as swap
> > > > hdb7 as /home
> > > > when I try to install RPM's now it says they need nnn
> > > > KB on / filesystem. I have tried uninstalling some of
> > > > the RPM's (about 10-20 MB of them) and still have
> > > > 0.0KB left on hdb5. I can't figure out what is taking
> > > > up all that room. I've cleared Netscape's cache files
> > > > and that didn't help either.
> > >
> > > if you use gnome file browser you can set it to show you directory sizes.
> > > that can help you zoom in on just what is so taking up so much space.
> > >
> > > try
> > > #df -h
> > > to get a quick overview of disk space
> > >
> > > log files can get big.
> > > look in /tmp/logs
> > >
> > > Gavin
> >
> > Well, netscape's cache files should be in your home directory
> > unless (coughs) you have been surfing as root. In / you have the
> > following subdirectories you could move pretty easily if you have
> > space elsewhere.
> >
> > /var #this one stores log files, mail&print spools, and can get
> > big
> > /opt #sometimes used for extra software installs Most kde2 beta
> > test files live there
> > /usr #lotsa binaries--this one can be a gig or more--also doc
> > and libs and scripts and....
> > /root #this one is the home directory for root and should not be
> > large
> > /tmp
> >
> > you CANNOT move
> >
> > /etc #and you probably should not move
> >
> > /bin
> > /sbin
Well, after the root filesystem is mounted, the next stop of the
init procedures is /etc/fstab to find the other filesystems to
mount. So /etc had better be REALLY in root because a symbolic
link to non-mounted filesystem cannot be read as other than
empty.
Civileme
