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From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
To: 'Jonathon McKitrick' <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: RE: installation: files system 
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 04:06:29 -0500
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I would agree.  I'm going to assume the large partition is on /usr.  If it's
not, modify accordingly.

1. mkdir /usr/var
2. cp -Rp /var/* /usr/var/
3. rm -rf /var
4. ln -s /usr/var /var


Alternatively, if you're worried about making a mistake.  You could just
rename var instead of deleting it.  E.g. for step 3 type something like "mv
/var /var.old"

I would suggest similar steps for /tmp as well.

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jonathon McKitrick [SMTP:jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 11, 1999 9:23 AM
> To:	pirat sriyotha
> Cc:	questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:	Re: installation: files system 
> 
> OK, i tried this once before, and if anyone on this list remembers, my
> /var disappeared into oblivion because i symlink the wrong directory and
> deleted the wrong one.  So now i am understandably nervous to do it again.
> (I used that little incident as an excuse to reinstall from scratch, and
> i'm glad i did).  I have 80 megs /, 128 megs swap, and the rest of the 2
> gigs for the rest of the FS.  / is 80% full, so im'm thinking maybe i
> should try symlinking again.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, pirat sriyotha wrote:
> 
> >hi,
> >
> >i have just installed 3.3 release on an experimental machine.
> >that machine has two ide hard disks.
> >
> >i install /, swap, and /usr file system on the first ide ( 2 gig. ) which
> is a
> >boot drive.  for /usr/local file system, i install on the other ide ( 470
> >megabytes).
> >
> >i observe that, /usr/local has been filled up quite quickly. 
> >but if i make a sym. link for /usr/local/share, on the second ide, to
> >/usr/share/Share in the first ide, the system runs smoothly.
> >
> >my plain old question is that why /usr/local file system has been filled
> up so
> >quick.  prior that, i used to install 3.1 on 470 megabytes ide and run
> without
> >any problem of file system ( i select x-user for install ).
> >
> >thank in advance for any answer.
> >
> >with best regards,
> >pirat sriyotha
> >pirat@access.inet.co.th
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> -jonathon
> 
> 
> 
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