From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 07:34:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D613116A403 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:34:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brad@pixilla.com) Received: from mtai03.charter.net (mtai03.charter.net [209.225.8.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580A843C9D for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:34:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brad@pixilla.com) Received: from aa08.charter.net ([10.20.200.160]) by mtao05.charter.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061217073159.GCHN1333.mtao05.charter.net@aa08.charter.net> for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:31:59 -0500 Received: from [192.168.101.100] (really [68.116.94.179]) by aa08.charter.net with ESMTP id <20061217073159.HWR1449.aa08.charter.net@[192.168.101.100]> for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:31:59 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <00190780-C6FE-42DB-9AD8-5D985625545F@pixilla.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Bradley Giesbrecht Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:31:58 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Chzlrs: 0 Subject: var out of space 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: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:34:06 -0000 Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a 128990 119970 -1298 101% / /dev/ad0s1f 257998 185246 52114 78% /tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4% /usr /dev/ad0s1e 257998 206956 30404 87% /var procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat -> usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 9 Jan 16 2005 home -> /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jan 16 2005 stand lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 5 15:27 sys -> usr/src/sys drw------- 7 root wheel 2048 Dec 17 01:09 tmp drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 usr drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 512 Nov 6 11:54 var Thanks for any help, Brad