From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 27 17:05:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14418 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:05:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pollux.loco.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14396 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:05:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by pollux.loco.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA03716; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:05:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199804280005.UAA03716@pollux.loco.net> Subject: Re: /usr/var In-Reply-To: <009c01bd722c$5b4f67e0$0400a8c0@speedy> from "Chris R." at "Apr 27, 98 11:32:25 pm" To: gurab@lineone.net Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:05:03 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: CyberPeasant Reply-To: djv@bedford.net X-no-archive: yes X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi, > > hopefully someone can help me here ...... > P72 of The Complete FreeBSD - 2nd edition says where to put /var and > /tmp Ouch. This would be a last resort, in my humble opinion. The best places for /tmp and /var are on a separate partion(s). If one partion is available then pointing /tmp to /var/tmp makes sense. > # mkdir /usr/var > # cd /var > # tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) > # cd / > # rm -rf /var Then you should do: # ln -s /usr/var /var > > & > > # mkdir /usr/tmp > # rm -rf /tmp > # ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp Just like this, in other words. A small question, how did /var get so full? Dave -- <----. mailto/pgpfinger: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' Crathva fxrjre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message