Re: [vox-tech] Re-assigning Partitions

[Micah Cowan <MAPSmicah@cowanbox.com>]

Pretty much everything installs in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.  Sometimes /opt
is used, but you could either link that to somewhere in /usr, or just change
the default install location.

 - Micah

On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 04:19:11PM -0800, Patrick B. Lickiss wrote:
> Well, here's the issue.  When I first installed Linux on my system,
> I partitioned my 6.4 GB hard drive to contain:  /boot, /, and my swap
> file.  I then partitioned my 25GB hard drive to contain /usr (why I
> don't know just bear with me :) ).  My question is, as I install
> programs (VMware, Star Office, various utilities) am I going to wihs
> that I paritioned the 25GB elsewhere?  If so, how do I fix this short of
> 
> re-formatting and re-installing?  Does anyone know if programs like Star
> 
> Office and VMware install in the /usr directory?  or is it the /home
> directory?  Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Patrick
> 
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