bruce wrote:
> i have a question regarding symlinks. i have my system partitioned
>
> /dev/hda5 100 /
> /dev/hda1 10000 /home
> /dev/hda2 30000 /usr
>
> is it possible to create a symlink that would allow '/' to point to
> /usr/root. i'm inclined to think you can't but i'm not knowledgeable about
> the concept of symlinks within linux....
You have had a couple of very good explanations of why this is not
possible. Now let's take a look at why you're trying to do this.
I suspect the subtext is that you're running out of space on /. One
thing you can do is to put /var under /usr and symlink /var to usr/var.
I'd recommend a relative symlink here: don't put / at the beginning of
usr/var when you're creating the symlink. That way it should still point
to the same place when something like anaconda mounts it during system
upgrade.
You'll have to do this while as little as possible is running. You could
try booting into run level 1, but the rescue CD would be better: that
way *nothing* from your Fedora install is running. Besides, that way
you've got a known-good rescue CD if anything goes wrong...
You can do something similar for /tmp, or make it tmpfs (so it uses
memory or swap space according to the whim of the memory manager).
Incidentally, what are you doing for swap space?
You can also cut down the number of kernels installed: you only need one
good one installed plus one to which you plan to upgrade.
Hope this helps,
James.
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