Separate /usr/spool partition possible?

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <142 at xyzoom.UUCP> rob at xyzoom.info.com (Rob Lingelbach) writes:
> [story about renaming partitions deleted]
>
>My question is, has anyone done this with ISC 2.2

Yes this can be done.  All you have to do is edit /etc/fstab and change
the entry for /usr2 to /usr/spool.  If you want to avoid the warnings
about "mounting </usr2> as /usr/spool" then you should unmount /usr2
and run labelit(1M) to label the slice as usr/spool.

If you want a good breakdown of the steps you need to run to split
an already formatted diskette into multiple slices read the FAQP.

>If it's permissible, I intend to back up the system, then reinstall,

You don't have to reinstall unless the size of your root partition is
unacceptable SEE THE FAQP.

>(hopefully files from the old /usr/spool/ will go into the new
>/usr/spool/).

If you alread have the /usr2 partition all you need to do is the following:

	get your machine to single user mode
	cd /usr/spool
	mount /usr2
	find . -depth -print | cpio -pdvmu /usr2
	rm -rf /usr/spool/*
	umount /usr2
	vi /etc/fstab (to change /usr2 to /usr/spool)
	telint 2 (or 3 if you have networking)

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