Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:41:39 -0800 (PST) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re-size swap and /var Message-ID: <200002261641.IAA01488@cytosine.dhs.org>
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Thank you... but before this message I went ahead and did what you said before and it worked great. I know have a 256M swap and a 260M /var. I've been waiting to do this for a long time. Thank You. --bhishan > On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > > > Here is an output of df: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/wd0s1a 63503 21068 37355 36% / > > /dev/wd0s1e 1478039 1042985 316811 77% /usr > > /dev/wd1s1e 416961 7906 375699 2% /var > > mfs:32 95263 6 87636 0% /tmp > > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > > > > Yes, my swap and var are on the same drive. > > This is my /etc/fstab file: > > Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > > /dev/wd1s1b none swap sw 0 0 > > /dev/wd0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > > /dev/wd0s1e /usr ufs rw,userquota 2 2 > > /dev/wd1s1e /var ufs rw,userquota 2 2 > > /dev/wd1s1b /tmp mfs rw 0 0 > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > > > > So do I just follow your instructions and it will work? > > Well, sort of. But this is where it starts getting scary to answer. > The more specific I get, and the less you know, the easier it is for > you to blow something away and then it's my fault. Make printouts of your > disk layouts and fstab before starting. > > Anyway, it looks like /dev/wd1s1b and /dev/wd1s1e are adjacent, and the > amount currently on /var is minimal, which means you _should_ be able to > do what I said earlier, backing up to /usr/var.tar. I'm not sure if > freebsd is okay with you taking away swap after dropping into single user > mode. I've done that plenty of times with other 'nixs but not freebsd, and > I'd hate to see something die while you're in the middle. You may have to > reboot to single user in that step before repartitioning with > /stand/sysinstall->index->disklabel. That would make it something like: > > shutdown now > cd /var && tar -cvf /usr/var.tar * > ls -l /usr/var.tar > (confirm it's about 8MB) > reboot > (at the countdown, hit a key and type "boot -s" at the prompt) > mount > (confirm only / is mounted) > /stand/sysinstall->Index->label->wd1 > (remove wd1s1b and wd1s1e and recreate with new sizes, in the same > order, making sure to enable newfs for the new /var) > mount -a > (did it work? you should now have filesystems back online. If so...) > cd /var && tar -xpvf /usr/var.tar > (did it work? var should be restored.) > reboot - you're done > > You're going to have to be daring and try it or wait for someone else to > scream that I've forgotten something important. Hope not. In any case, the > less you're comfortable here the more you should want to back things up > first. Unwanted clean reinstalls are educational but rarely fun. > > Dave > > -- End of included mail. ----- End of forwarded message from Mail Delivery Subsystem ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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