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Yeh, that's what I had to do.
mv /var /usr/var
ln -s /usr/var /var

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Erik Trulsson wrote:

]:On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:35:58PM -0700, Sean Knox wrote:
]:> I should have been a little clearer: I have unused space on /usr that I want
]:> to allocate to /var. any advice?
]:
]:Backup the full contents of /var and /usr.
]:Change the sizes of the partitions with disklabel or sysinstall. ( Only
]:works if they are adjacent on the disk.) Do a newfs on the partitions.
]:Restore the backups.
]:
]:The backup/restore step is absolutely necessary since changing the size
]:of a partition will lose all information on that partition.
]:
]:If the above does not sound fun (which it shouldn't :-) ) the you might move
]:a directory or two from /var to /usr and put symlinks in its place in
]:/var.
]:
]:> 
]:> Sean
]:> -----Original Message-----
]:> From: Sean Knox [mailto:Sknox@CQOS.COM]
]:> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:17 PM
]:> To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)
]:> Subject: modifying partition sizes?
]:> 
]:> 
]:> I checked the Handbook for info on this but didn't find what I was looking
]:> for. would someone point me in the right direction on how to do this? tools
]:> and/or howto's? 
]:> 
]:
]:-- 
]:<Insert your favourite quote here.>
]:Erik Trulsson
]:ertr1013@student.uu.se
]:
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