On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Andrew Hately wrote: > "David J. Kanter" wrote: > > > > I'd like to make a new partition for /var because I don't have enough drive > > space where /var is currently mounted (/) to run apt-get dist-upgrade. > > What's the best way of doing this? I can create a new /var partition because > > I've got plenty of available drive space, but what set-up files will I have > > to modify to make sure things go smoothly? > > > > I assume I'll have to change fstab. But then do I have to move all contents > > of the current /var to the new /var? Could I create the new partition using > > a temporary name, move all the /var stuff to it, then rename it to /var? > > Thats what I would suggest. > Stop everything you can, copy the contents and do the final swapover in one > line, just in case > # mv /var /old_var ; mv /new_var /var >
I'd like to expand on that last paragraph. 1) stop everything you can -> go into single user mode close all user programs (i.e. tidy up) then as root: telinit 1 2) copy the contents -> if you use the 'cp' command you're likely to mess with file ownership and permissions. The command I use is this: cd /mnt <-- where the new /var partition is currently mounted (cd /var; tar cfp - [list of directories]) | tar xfp - 3) once you're done, go back to normal runlevel as root: telinit 2 (change the number depending on what runlevel you usually live in - you can find this on the initdefault line of /etc/inittab) dave -- | oOOooO / --| oOobodoO / [EMAIL PROTECTED] --| ooOoOo / | II / The wise man tells you where you have fallen | II / and where you may fall - Invaluable secrets.
