On 01-Mar-99 Ben Frame wrote: > I am trying use a mounted filesystem as my /var. To > accomplish this, after I mount the other filesystem, I type > "mv var /mnt/destination" (/mnt/destination is the > directory that is mounted to another machine) and it > says, "cannot move 'var' across filesystems: Not a > regular file" >
you have to a) use cp -a and then rm or b) use tar > I understand what it means, but shouldn't there be an > easy way to do this? Am I going about it all wrong? > Do I have to (can I ?) set it up that way during the install? > Shouldn't I be able to have my /var be a mounted partition > on another machine? > /var is not generally a good choice to remote mount. It is usually full of machine specific files. Even arch specific files. /usr and /home are safer.
