Quoting Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We have a vendor installing a product on a zLinux image. This product > uses > MySQL, which defaults to placing its databases on /var (which I consider a > Bad Idea, but that's beside the point). Because of this, they need 80 GB for > /var. I have an 80 GB ext3 file system created in LVM and mounted, but they > need that space in /var, which currently only has one 3390-3. Is there a way > to move /var onto the LVM file system? The last time I tried something like > this, it resulted in a reload of the OS. > I believe MySQL places it's DBs in /var/mysql right? Just mount your new FS on /var/mysql. This would allow you to leave /var as-is and it provides an easy way to expand the LV in the future (stop mysql, add PVs, start mysql).
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