Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 01:30:37 +0100 From: "Chris R." <gurab@lineone.net> To: <djv@bedford.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /usr/var Message-ID: <004001bd723c$e0ea5620$0400a8c0@speedy>
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> >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. why is that a better option? (excuse my ignorance) > >> # 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 >> oops, sorry my typing omition there - that is what I did, as per the book. >> & >> >> # mkdir /usr/tmp >> # rm -rf /tmp >> # ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp > and that too - but I still get the messages :-( >Just like this, in other words. > >A small question, how did /var get so full? > >Dave >-- I use the Freebsd machine as an FTP server for a small windows 95 / NT network - I just uploaded too many files I guess and it started returning the lack of space errors and refusing any more files. Chris R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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