If you had opted for all automatic installation there is a good chance this /var file system actually a directory on root (/) or /home file systems.
In that case space shortage is not for /var but for the whole system. Here is what is saw on my m/c Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda9 3527120 1553228 1794724 47% / none 256876 0 256876 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda11 3891660 33832 3857828 1% /home /dev/hda1 8179016 6212688 1966328 76% /mnt/win_c /dev/hda5 407396 24 407372 1% /mnt/win_d /dev/hda6 8179016 1452176 6726840 18% /mnt/win_e This clearly shows no file system /var. Here /var is just a directory under / Solution could be create a new partition, move data from /var to this. Provide a soft link called /var to this new file system. I never tried it. So not very sure of result. This _is_ a risky step. -jayan --- Diwakar Agnihotri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! Will increasing the /var partition help? > > Diwakar > > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:33:21 -0700 (PDT) > Jayanarayanan M N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > <snip> > > > > As you see data in the /var will continue to grow > as > > you use the system. Since you are running as > > workstation(assumed) , the rate os growth can be > > small. > > > > Check the available space daily. ( command is df ) > > Delete various unwanted files( log files etc.) > > > > (Upgrade the hard disk in the next available > occation, > > anyway ) > > -Jayan > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
