On 08-Nov-99 Bruno Boettcher wrote: > hello, > > for apt i was able to make a symbolic link to a place where there is enough > place, but since apt isn't working anymore i am trying to make an upgrade > using the ftp method.... > > unfortunately i do not find any config file where i can tell where to put the > downloaded deb files..... /var is a 100Mb partittion which is much more space > than normally recquired except for system updates.... :( > > i tryed to make a link, but this doesn't work.... >
You should be able to make a symlink outside of var for the directory it expects.

