Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:34:50 -0500 From: Bruno Gallant <bruno.gallant@sibn.bnc.ca> To: martynr@invictanet.co.uk Cc: Freebsd-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: partition sizes and securelevel questions Message-ID: <3860EF9A.6984D47D@sibn.bnc.ca> References: <NDBBKODAOKAJLGIOGBIAAEOJCFAA.martynr@invictanet.co.uk>
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as a quick and dirty solution, you could cp -Rp /var /usr/var, then mv /var /var1, then ln -s /usr/var /var. When you are assured that everything works fine, you can rm -rf /var1. (you should do that when nobody uses the system) I tried that on many machines that had their /var quite full and desperately needing attention, but it's maybe not optimal for a loaded server, because there may be a slowdown because of the symbolic link. Maybe the systems programmers could shed light on this issue. Martyn Routley wrote: > > I have a question about partitions instead of another solution. > > I have 2 disks partioned as follows: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0s1a 248047 127859 100345 56% / > /dev/sd1s1a 248047 132352 95852 58% /backup > /dev/sd1s1e 3606670 1293230 2024907 39% /backup/usr > /dev/sd0s1e 3606670 1232703 2085434 37% /usr > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > > var is currently in root - obviously not a good idea and there is a lot of unused space in /usr. > > disk 0 is dumped onto disk 1 each night. > > What is the best way to redesign my partitions without (a)screwing up the entire system. & (b)long periods of downtime? > > Martyn > ----------------------------------------------------- > InvictaNet - The Internet in Plain English, Guaranteed > http://www.invictanet.co.uk > mailto:info@invictanet.co.uk > phone: 0870 7402252 > fax: +44 (0)1233 334001 > ------------------------------------------------------ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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