On Tuesday 12 November 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote:
> I need to unmount my /var filesystem so that I can use diskdrake to resize
> it. I've gone to init level 1 (single user mode), which kills all
> processes that should be using it (like syslog), but even then, any attempt
> to unmount /var gets a "it's busy" message. I don't know *what* it could
> be busy with, since the various daemons which log stuff there are shut
> down.
>
> /var is the last filesystem on my disk, and I've got some empty space at
> the end of that disk. I want to expand the size of /var to fill that
> space. Starting point on the disk will be the same - I don't want to move
> it, just resize it to make it a bit bigger. To the best of my knowledge,
> you have to unmount a filesystem before you can resize it. So for the
> moment, I'm stuck.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
>
> --Dave
No ideas but have you tried:
lsof /var
to see whats using it?
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