From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 18:05:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F33F16A474 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2AD13C4B7 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:05:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9TGDhZs011293; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:13:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l9TGDhTV011292; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:13:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:13:42 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20071029161342.GE11142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20071028215454.GA52631@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071028215454.GA52631@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: slight emergency here... 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: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:05:28 -0000 On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 01:54:54PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > > I think I've found the reason for the intermittent rashes. > Part of /var is bad, and fsck cannot allocate inoinfo to repair > the damage. > > At any rate, how do i as root, single user, cp -rp all of /var to > elsewhere (/storage) and rmdir /var, them mkdir /var and copy > everything back?? I've forgotten the cpio magic command. > > I'll do same while i'm at it with /usr/home -> home, if that is > advisable. tao2 has been rebooting automatically in an infinite > loop for about .5 hour. I managed to go single-user. Time to > ask peoples' suggestions. On your system, is /var a separate filesystem (partition) or is it just a directory? If it is a filesystem, then use dump(8). If it is just a directory, use tar. ////jerry > > gary > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"