Thanks all, Anne, Brian and Derek. DougB
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 21:51, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 05 Sep 2003 3:53 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently re-installed 9.1 in order to change from ext3 to ReiserFS and > > took the opportunity to create a separate partition for /var. > > I underestimated the space needed for /var and am now getting warning > > messages on bootup about inadequate free space. > > > > What to do? Can I resize /var, taking space from /, say? Or have I got > > to re-install all over again? > > > > TIA for advice. > > > > DougB > > If your /var is getting filled up it may be because your logs are not being > compressed by the nightly cron job at 4am. > > This in turn is likely because your computer is not switched on at 4am. > > The solution is to install the anacron RPM from your CDs. Any cron jobs not > performed the previous night will then be run 15 mins after booting. > Be prepared for your computer to go crazy the first time anacron runs :-) > > derek
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