From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 13:58:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2132916A41C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:58:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6732F43D5E for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:58:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by kane.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with SMTP id j5BDwrJs024792; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:58:54 +0300 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5BDwr5d037840; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:58:53 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j5BDwrCG037839; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:58:53 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:58:53 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: ptitoliv Message-ID: <20050611135853.GA37790@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <42AAEA6B.9030602@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42AAEA6B.9030602@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resizing /var X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:58:58 -0000 On 2005-06-11 15:43, ptitoliv wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a big problem on a FreeBSD 5.3 Box. It is an hosted server > installed by an hosting service. But I didn't know what they smoke when > they have installed the system but they sized the /var filesystem only > to 200 MB which is not sufficient for my needs. > > I used an emergency solution which was to transfer some datas on /usr > like databases but I am afraid that the problem will come back. So I am > asking here if there is any solution to transfer free space from ./usr > to /var. > > But there are some constraints : > > - I have no free unpartitioned space available > - I can't format any partition because and I can't loose datas > > Is there any solution with some BSD tools in order to solve this problem ? None that I know of. Your best bet is, I guess, to find somewhere enough space for a backup, repartition & restore session.