On 17Aug2019 12:01, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 2019-08-17 at 09:38 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Really, all you need to do is to remove the /var fstab entry, umount the
existing /var mount, rsync /newvar BACK INTO the stub /var mountpoint
which is there, scrub /newvar.

/var cannot be unmounted while the system is running (see above).

"umount -l /var" is your friend. See "man 8 umount".

You could (roughly):

 mkdir /newvar
 rsync -a /var/ /newvar/   # note trailing slashes
 umount -l /var
 rmdir /var
 mv /newvar /var

and scrub the fstab entry. Then reboot to make everything use the new tree.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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