On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 19:05, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Boot into single-user mode - this is because with /var you will be
> deleting stuff that is currently in use in a multi-user
> environment. It isn't necessary if you're moving /home or the like.
>
> # cfdisk /dev/hdc # partition new hard disk
> # mke2fs /dev/hdc1 # Make a file system on new partition
I'd consider using one of the journalled filesystems (reiser, ext3, ...)
as fsck is quite annoying on todays large disks.
> # mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt # mount it on /mnt
> # cd /var # don't forget this or the next commands
> # will destroy everything
> # cp -a . /mnt # copy the filetree to the new filesystem
> # rm -rf . # delete it from the old filesystem
If you're really sure. I would
# cd ..
# mv var old-var
# mkdir var
> # umount /mnt # remove the new partition from /mnt
> # mount /dev/hdc1 /var # and put it in its new position
>
> Edit /etc/fstab to insert the line for mounting /var automatically.
>
> Go to multi-user mode again.
cheers
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