Have you tried mounting your 80GB system somewhere and doing a symbolic link to it from /var?
"A statesman is a dead politician. Lord knows we need more statesmen!" --Berkeley Breathed Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. Boeing Shared Services Group Enterprise Servers VM Technical Services 425-865-5940 > ---------- > From: McKown, John > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Moving /var to LVM > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jon Brock > > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Moving /var to LVM > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jon > > Why not only put MySQL's data on the LVM? The doc at: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/installation-layouts.html > indicates that the log files and databases are put in /var/lib/mysql. > > So, just mount the LVM at /var/lib/mysql. Don't bother anything else in > /var at all. > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Information Technology > > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential > information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' > content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you > should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action > based on it, is strictly prohibited. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
