Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:08:46 +0800 From: Dibyo Gahari <dibyo@bali.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to change a partition size Message-ID: <Version.32.19990328205011.00f1c100@bali.net> In-Reply-To: <19990328102707.N53452@lemis.com> References: <199903261725.AAA18333@server.jad.net> <199903261725.AAA18333@server.jad.net>
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Hi Greg, Thanks for your kind explanation. At 08:57 28/03/99 , Greg Lehey wrote: >On Saturday, 27 March 1999 at 1:24:50 +0800, Dibyo Gahari wrote: >> i need to add the size of /var >Why? Because the growing mail accounts I have to add. >I always recommend against having a /var file system at all. The >situation you find yourself in now is the main reason: it's a real >pain to have to resize file systems, and there's no good reason for a >/var file system on the same disk as /usr in the first place. I'd >recommend: > >1. For now, put subdirectories of /var on /usr and use symlinks to > point there. Do you mean: 1. move/copy subdirectories of /var to new /usr/var 2. umount /var (and leave the old /var unmount and unused) 3. symlinks /var to /usr/var 4. reboot ??? If this is what you mean, I think it is easier and better. >2. In future, don't use /var at all. Make a directory /usr/var and > create a symlink from /var to /usr/var. I will do it for my next installation. >Greg Thank you. Regards, Dibyo Gahari To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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