From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 24 22:46:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EEC337B42C for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 22:46:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03462 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:01:38 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e7P5kBN17907 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:46:11 +0400 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:30:08 +0400 From: Igor Roboul To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re-partioning hard disk Message-ID: <20000825093008.A17430@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <39A5FA47.B5620A41@pop.jaring.my> <20000825090901.E16762@linux.rainbow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <20000825090901.E16762@linux.rainbow>; from igor@raduga.dyndns.org on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 09:09:01AM +0400 X-Operating-System: Linux linux.rainbow 2.2.14-plus-SMP X-Best-Window-Manager: Window Maker (www.windowmaker.org) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 09:09:01AM +0400, Igor Roboul wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:47:04PM +0800, K H Tan wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've some questions : > > > > 1) I've decided to re-partition my hard disk, to allocate more space to > > /var for e.g. Is there a way to do this or do I have to reinstall the > > whole OS? > > Thank you. > Step by step: > 1) Copy content of /var to (for exampe) /usr/var_bak ... > 11) if all is Ok, then remove /usr/var_bak Or maybe just add new slice and mount it on /var/spool (for example)? -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga" http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message