Re: sol10 shrink root
carlos.ohiggins@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
What has to be done to shrink the root partition to accomodate just
solaris?
You'll need to reinstall the system.
So the space can be used to create a /opt.
Have you considered letting /opt live on the root filesystem? It depends
on the behaviour of the application, of course, but most of the time it
causes no harm.
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