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(de usr) wrote:
> 
> I need to know how to get linux to see a second partition. I am using
> RH4.2. I have a 170M root partition and  a 512M /usr partition and
> swap. The other day the /usr partition ran out of space while
> installing a program.I have made a new 512M partition and mounted it
> but  would like linux to see the new patition and the /usr as
> one.Bascily to increase the size of  the /usr partition. Can this be
> done? How do I go about doing this?    thankyou.

Nope. You can't split a partition over devices. (Unless you count RAID
but that's another story). 

If you're installing software, you probably should be putting it in
/usr/local anyway, so maybe the best thing would be to mount the new
partition there.

Paul