on Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 08:33:04PM -0700, Eric G. Miller ([email protected]) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 08:09:15PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > > I currently have /var on hdc, but want to move it to sda. I've tried > > mounting > > the new partition as var2, copying the files, changing fstab, then > > rebooting, > > but lots of programs complain. I'd guess it has something to do with the > > state > > of var at the time of the copy, vs at the time of shutdown/boot. That method > > works well for home, usr, etc. > > Is there a good way to do this for var? other than reinstalling? > > Thanks. > > Jason > > Definitely go into single user mode first (telint 1). You don't want > processes writing to log files, spool files, etc... while you do the > migration. When you're finished, your new partition should be mounted > as "/var /dev/sda?" or programs will certainly complain. > > 1. Go Single User > 2. mount -t <ext2> /mnt /dev/sdaX
I would add at this point:
mount -o remount,ro /var
...which ensures that your existing /var is readonly. If anything's
actively trying to write at that point, you'll know about it.
> 3. Copy files via your favorite method ("cp -a /var /mnt" should work).
> 4. umount /mnt
> 5. umount /var
> 6. Edit fstab to point /var at /dev/sdaX
> 7. mount /var (now on the new disk)
> 8. exit (go back to multi-user mode)
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