Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:32:30 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Martyn Hill <m.hill@st-james-snrgirls.w-london.sch.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is there anything wrong with softlinking /var to a pratition with more space Message-ID: <20020322123230.A19932@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <002101c1d1c5$5cb4cd80$0a00000a@stjames.net>; from m.hill@st-james-snrgirls.w-london.sch.uk on Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 05:16:52PM %2B0000 References: <002101c1d1c5$5cb4cd80$0a00000a@stjames.net>
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 05:16:52PM +0000, Martyn Hill wrote: > Dear all > > Our school FreeBSD box regularly fills its /var partition (my mistake - I only gave it 20MB at install...) > > As a short-term solution, I have created a softlink to a var/log directory made on another partition and removed the original > /var/log directory (as log was the offending directory). > > Can I expect problems as a result of my somewhat dirty solution? Seems OK for now... FWIW, I've had /var symlinked to /usr/var for almost 4 years with no problems. You get a warning when doing an installworld (I think,) but you can ignore it. > > Martyn Hill mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "TRULY, A CURIOUS COMPLICATION!!!" - Mr. Nutty from "ONE TINY AD (THE WAITING GAME)" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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