# umount /var # mv /var /usr # ln -s /usr/var /var
In /etc/fstab remove the line containing /var
Regards SSR
From: Joseph Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FreeBSD Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Repositioning /var | /tmp to avoid disk full condition Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 11:58:23 -0700
Hello, The 3rd edition of "The Complete FreeBSD" suggest repositioning the /var directory ( and even /tmp) to prevent filling up that partition. I ignored it and did just that today, filled it up. So I attempted the repositioning with the following recommended command steps and results:
cd /var tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) cd / rm -rf /var ln -s /usr/var /var
However the 'rm -rf /var' returned
rm: /var: Device busy
After trying all known tricks to me to remove /var, I concluded that since it was mounted from the /etc/fstab I should dismount it and remove the directory (link point ?) and create a soft link there as recommended. However, on rebooting boot was aborted, was thrown into single users mode. After some findangling eventually got the system back up as before with the /var directory, except that now it contains only the /var/cron and /var/run directories.
The original /var contained
/var/account: /var/at: /var/backups: /var/crash: /var/cron: /var/db: /var/games: /var/log: /var/lost+found: /var/mail: /var/msgs: /var/preserve: /var/qmail: /var/run: /var/rwho: /var/smtpd: /var/spool: /var/tmp: /var/webmin: /var/yp:
How can I restore the full functioning structural integrity as before, of course the contents of the /usr/var directory was wiped out somwhere along the way, sans log, sans mail, sans everything. Just want to continue as before.
Thanks.
-- Joe --
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