From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 14:28:44 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 0EC4816A41C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:28:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-53-189.new.res.rr.com [24.208.53.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A9643D1D for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:28:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([172.16.1.40]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j5BERKJB051294; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:27:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Message-ID: <42AAF4C5.3090802@polands.org> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:27:17 -0500 From: Doug Poland User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050606) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Keramidas References: <42AAEA6B.9030602@frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> <20050611135853.GA37790@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050611135853.GA37790@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ptitoliv , 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 14:28:44 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-06-11 15:43, ptitoliv wrote: > >>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. > Doesn't it make sense to simply move selectetd directories to a partition with free space and create symlinks? I would think moving /var/db and /var/log would suffice for most situations. -- Regards, Doug