From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 17 09:49:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B1116A508 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:49:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7907543D45 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 09:49:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IZE007WKLYLON80@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:49:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from urban.broadpark.no ([80.203.212.30]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IZE00G4YLYLJED0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:49:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:49:32 +0200 From: Kyrre Nygard In-reply-to: To: David Stanford Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060517114734.021ecd18@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060512183937.02190800@broadpark.no> <200605150654.38042.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060516102601.02238458@broadpark.no> <200605160412.37036.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060516122905.02251e08@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Donald J. O'Neill" Subject: Re: makeworld FAILURE on 5.4-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 09:49:35 -0000 At 12:50 16.05.2006, David Stanford wrote: >Kyrre, > >How large is your /var slice? If it's large enough to fit /home (or >at least the files you'd like to save), maybe try booting into >single-user mode, mount /usr and /var, wipe out /var, copy the files >from /usr/home to /var, and just remember to document what slice >/var was. Then you could just reinstall the base system around it >using a 6.1-RELEASE CD, no? > >Just a shot in the dark... > >-David What's up David! My /var is about 256M, I don't know how much space it holds. My /usr/home anyway holds about 200G, I saw my friend Donald just wrote a thread following yours, I'll take the advice from both of you and try to make the best of it! Cheers, Kyrre