Exchange mounted directories between 2 file systems

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I have these two directories mounted on their respective file systems:



/dev/sda5 300G 18G 283G 6% /opt
/dev/sda6 58G 76M 58G 1% /srv


The situation is: /srv needs more disk space than /opt. Thus, I want to mount /srv on sda5 and mount /opt on sda6. Just an exchange between file systems.



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  • Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
    – Raman Sailopal
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:11











  • Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
    – Marlon R.
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:21














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I have these two directories mounted on their respective file systems:



/dev/sda5 300G 18G 283G 6% /opt
/dev/sda6 58G 76M 58G 1% /srv


The situation is: /srv needs more disk space than /opt. Thus, I want to mount /srv on sda5 and mount /opt on sda6. Just an exchange between file systems.



Is it possible? How can I do this?










share|improve this question























  • Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
    – Raman Sailopal
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:11











  • Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
    – Marlon R.
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:21












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I have these two directories mounted on their respective file systems:



/dev/sda5 300G 18G 283G 6% /opt
/dev/sda6 58G 76M 58G 1% /srv


The situation is: /srv needs more disk space than /opt. Thus, I want to mount /srv on sda5 and mount /opt on sda6. Just an exchange between file systems.



Is it possible? How can I do this?










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I have these two directories mounted on their respective file systems:



/dev/sda5 300G 18G 283G 6% /opt
/dev/sda6 58G 76M 58G 1% /srv


The situation is: /srv needs more disk space than /opt. Thus, I want to mount /srv on sda5 and mount /opt on sda6. Just an exchange between file systems.



Is it possible? How can I do this?







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  • Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
    – Raman Sailopal
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:11











  • Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
    – Marlon R.
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:21
















  • Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
    – Raman Sailopal
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:11











  • Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
    – Marlon R.
    Sep 25 '17 at 13:21















Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
– Raman Sailopal
Sep 25 '17 at 13:11





Yes but they would need to be unmounted. You would need to boot off a live media, copy the data over to "independent" media using dd, and then copy them back in reverse. Finally the mount points would need to be changed in /etc/fstab
– Raman Sailopal
Sep 25 '17 at 13:11













Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
– Marlon R.
Sep 25 '17 at 13:21




Understood. But I think this will not be possible. I think that a better approach is to resize sda5 and sda6. Thanks for your answer.
– Marlon R.
Sep 25 '17 at 13:21















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