Re: /var still counts /var/cache

[jaycee.spamtrap@jaycee.uklinux.net]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:54:57PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> I made a new partition for /var/cache since that's where all my data is.
> Unfortunately /var is still counting the contents of /var/cache and thinks
> that /var is full. I'm not sure how to tell /var that it doesn't hold
> /var/cache anymore.
[snip]

Emma -

Did you delete the contents of /var before mounting the new
/var/cache directory on top of it?

I'm _not_ suggesting you just do

# umount /var/cache
# rm /var/cache
# mount /var/cache

but that would solve it.
Make sure you know what each of these steps does before trying it!

HTH,
jc