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Date:      Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:44:43 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        hacker@chickenbean.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var partition is out of space, I need more now!  What do I do!
Message-ID:  <19981207084443.O603@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812061503.KAA10312@chickenbean.ais-gwd.com>; from Charles A. Peters a.k.a. hacker on Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 10:46:41AM %2B0000
References:  <199812061503.KAA10312@chickenbean.ais-gwd.com>

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On Sunday,  6 December 1998 at 10:46:41 +0000, Charles A. Peters a.k.a. hacker wrote:
> I have a major problem.  My email/web/ftp server /var partition is running out of
> space.  I'm having problems with the file system being full, and not being able to
> process email.  This server is online, and I would prefer not to take it down for
> more than a few minutes.
>
> Is there a way that I can increase the size of my /var partition.  I do have plenty
> of space on my /usr partition.

As others have said, a temporary measure is to symlink directories
into other file systems.  The real answer is ``don't create more file
systems than necessary''.  Almost the only reason for a new file
system is a new disk.

Greg
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