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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