Is there any way of resizing /etc directory in linux machine [closed]
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I have tried to create a partition name "/etc' at OS installation time and my installation was not working.When I cancel creating "/etc" directory than it worked. Though all configuration files are available in /etc directory but I tried to resize. Is there any way of creating a manual "/etc" directory or it is a bad try?
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I have tried to create a partition name "/etc' at OS installation time and my installation was not working.When I cancel creating "/etc" directory than it worked. Though all configuration files are available in /etc directory but I tried to resize. Is there any way of creating a manual "/etc" directory or it is a bad try?
linux centos etc
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
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asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Wildcard, Thomas Dickey, maulinglawns, RalfFriedl, schily Sep 8 at 20:00
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Why would you want to have/etcon its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having/etcon a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42
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I have tried to create a partition name "/etc' at OS installation time and my installation was not working.When I cancel creating "/etc" directory than it worked. Though all configuration files are available in /etc directory but I tried to resize. Is there any way of creating a manual "/etc" directory or it is a bad try?
linux centos etc
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
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asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
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I have tried to create a partition name "/etc' at OS installation time and my installation was not working.When I cancel creating "/etc" directory than it worked. Though all configuration files are available in /etc directory but I tried to resize. Is there any way of creating a manual "/etc" directory or it is a bad try?
linux centos etc
linux centos etc
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
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asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
61
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
4,02792755
asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
61
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
4,02792755
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
4,02792755
edited Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
4,02792755
4,02792755
asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
61
asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
61
asked Sep 8 at 17:17
Subarno Saha
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Wildcard, Thomas Dickey, maulinglawns, RalfFriedl, schily Sep 8 at 20:00
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Wildcard, Thomas Dickey, maulinglawns, RalfFriedl, schily Sep 8 at 20:00
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Why would you want to have/etcon its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having/etcon a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42
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Why would you want to have/etcon its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having/etcon a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?
– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42
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Why would you want to have
/etc on its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
Why would you want to have
/etc on its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having
/etc on a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having
/etc on a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42
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Typically, it is not useful if you use too many partitions, they significantly decrease the flexibility of your system. Unfortunately, many installer regularly enforces the user to fragment his machine into small partitions, what he later finds a nearly impossible task to fix. (In fact it is easy, but you don't need it, simply don't use partitions and so is it.)
For normal home installations it is typically enough if you are using only a single root partition and everything is there.
If you are using, or have to use multiple partitions (volumes), it is far better if you are using some advanced technology for that; for example LVM can move your partitions between hard disks without even unmounting them.
Your steps to unify your /etc partition to the rest of your system are these:
- copy everything from the /etc, for example with a
cp -vfa /etc /etc- - umount
/etc rmdir /etcmv /etc- /etc
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Typically, it is not useful if you use too many partitions, they significantly decrease the flexibility of your system. Unfortunately, many installer regularly enforces the user to fragment his machine into small partitions, what he later finds a nearly impossible task to fix. (In fact it is easy, but you don't need it, simply don't use partitions and so is it.)
For normal home installations it is typically enough if you are using only a single root partition and everything is there.
If you are using, or have to use multiple partitions (volumes), it is far better if you are using some advanced technology for that; for example LVM can move your partitions between hard disks without even unmounting them.
Your steps to unify your /etc partition to the rest of your system are these:
- copy everything from the /etc, for example with a
cp -vfa /etc /etc- - umount
/etc rmdir /etcmv /etc- /etc
answered Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
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up vote
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Typically, it is not useful if you use too many partitions, they significantly decrease the flexibility of your system. Unfortunately, many installer regularly enforces the user to fragment his machine into small partitions, what he later finds a nearly impossible task to fix. (In fact it is easy, but you don't need it, simply don't use partitions and so is it.)
For normal home installations it is typically enough if you are using only a single root partition and everything is there.
If you are using, or have to use multiple partitions (volumes), it is far better if you are using some advanced technology for that; for example LVM can move your partitions between hard disks without even unmounting them.
Your steps to unify your /etc partition to the rest of your system are these:
- copy everything from the /etc, for example with a
cp -vfa /etc /etc- - umount
/etc rmdir /etcmv /etc- /etc
answered Sep 8 at 17:49
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up vote
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up vote
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Typically, it is not useful if you use too many partitions, they significantly decrease the flexibility of your system. Unfortunately, many installer regularly enforces the user to fragment his machine into small partitions, what he later finds a nearly impossible task to fix. (In fact it is easy, but you don't need it, simply don't use partitions and so is it.)
For normal home installations it is typically enough if you are using only a single root partition and everything is there.
If you are using, or have to use multiple partitions (volumes), it is far better if you are using some advanced technology for that; for example LVM can move your partitions between hard disks without even unmounting them.
Your steps to unify your /etc partition to the rest of your system are these:
- copy everything from the /etc, for example with a
cp -vfa /etc /etc- - umount
/etc rmdir /etcmv /etc- /etc
answered Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
4,02792755
Typically, it is not useful if you use too many partitions, they significantly decrease the flexibility of your system. Unfortunately, many installer regularly enforces the user to fragment his machine into small partitions, what he later finds a nearly impossible task to fix. (In fact it is easy, but you don't need it, simply don't use partitions and so is it.)
For normal home installations it is typically enough if you are using only a single root partition and everything is there.
If you are using, or have to use multiple partitions (volumes), it is far better if you are using some advanced technology for that; for example LVM can move your partitions between hard disks without even unmounting them.
Your steps to unify your /etc partition to the rest of your system are these:
- copy everything from the /etc, for example with a
cp -vfa /etc /etc- - umount
/etc rmdir /etcmv /etc- /etc
answered Sep 8 at 17:49
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answered Sep 8 at 17:49
peterh
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answered Sep 8 at 17:49
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Why would you want to have
/etcon its own partition? Related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77681/…– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:29
I have tried to create manual partitions like /tmp ,/usr,/var,/home directories but failed to create /etc directory .Is there any possible answers for this issue ?
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Moving /etc to separate partition
– maulinglawns
Sep 8 at 17:41
There is no practical reason that I could think of for having
/etcon a partition by itself. Why would you want to do that?– Kusalananda
Sep 8 at 17:49
Actually not for any serious issue,just for experiment.I could not found any information (why I cant manage /etc directory)
– Subarno Saha
Sep 8 at 19:42