Re: HOW2 install the port -> OPENOFFICE to a hard drive other than the installation drive ?

From: Christopher Nehren (apeiron+usenet_at_coitusmentis.info)
Date: 06/28/05 

Date: 28 Jun 2005 18:04:57 GMT

On 2005-06-28, Courtney Thomas scribbled these
curious markings:
[TOFU rearranged; please don't top-post]
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:07:53 +0000, Christopher Nehren wrote:
>> Instead of doing something like that, maybe you can employ the disk
>> which is mounted as /hd for /usr instead? Then you could just proceed
>> normally, transparently.
>
> Pardon my denseness, but are you suggesting umounting /usr, then mounting
> /hd as /usr ?

Move the contents of /usr to /hd, then remount /hd as /usr.

> After your mounting suggestion is implemented, how then do you recommend
> installing OpenOffice ?

As normal, as you would with any other port.

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren 

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