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- From: keven@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Keven Ring)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Help!!
- Message-ID: <BxKyz5.80u@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 02:01:52 GMT
- Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
- Lines: 39
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- I am beta testing our latest clone of UNIX for my university (see above).
- It is UNIX 2.1, and we are installing the most needed stuff onto approx.
- 75 meg out of 100 meg on the HD. I would like to see this come down a bit,
- and think I have solution. I have it running at 62% capacity (using df -k)
- and therefore am really only using about 50 meg of the HD. However, the
- partition remains at 75 meg. What I am going to try is "optimize" the hard
- drive, sticking all of the files in UNIX ROOT in the first 50 meg or so.
- Then, by going into amiga dos, I can use HD TOOLBOX to shrink the partition.
- Unix swap will need to go directly after the root partition (as I have
- already found out). I have a feeling that this will work as:
-
- 1) I have shrunk the partition by 2 meg (without optimizing), used the new
- space on amiga dos, booted up unix, and shut it down, went back onto
- amiga dos, and everything was intact.
-
- Originally, the new partition was between UNIX ROOT and SWAP, and got wiped,
- but it did keep the partition.
-
- So, now to my basic question(s)
-
- Do I have a chance in ???? of getting this to work? Basically, is there
- such a thing as an "optimizer" for UNIX that just reorganizes the files to the
- front of the partition. If so, where can I get such a program? If you
- hesitate in answering because I might destroy UNIX, well, don't worry. As I
- said, I am basically beta testing it, and I can get it RECLONED (basically
- reinstalled in about 15 minutes free of charge). Please, any help would be
- greatly appreciated. If I get this to work, I should be able to "steal"
- about 25 megs!!
-
- Thanks in advance. It is greatly appreciated. The whole university will
- "thank" you (at least those using UNIX and wanting more room on AMIGA DOS!)
-
- Once again, thanks...
- --
- +-----------------------+"Frank-n-furter, it's all o-ver
- |Keven Ring |your mission is a failure. Your lifesyle's too extreme
- |keven@csugrad.cs.vt.edu|I'm your new commander - You are now my prisoner
- |VPI & SU |We return to Transylvania.
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