On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, you wrote:
> hi!
> i want to allocate my /export to my /var, i mean re-assign the partition
> to /var and just let /export to share with / how do i do that?
>
> thanks a lot!
> rebecca
hi rebecca,
there are several ways to do this. i'll try to explain one which doesn't
involve repartioning; and you have to do this in single user mode:
1. do a 'du -bs /var/*' and see which subdir under your /var would be most
suitable to inherit the size of your /export. let's say it's /var/spool
2. create a directory under / let's call it /new-export
move everything you have under /export to /new-export.
please remember to preserve ownerships and perms.
3. unmount the partition which holds /export and reformat it.
(or maybe you can just erase everything on it).
4. you may now rename /new-export to /export
5. now mount the partition (in step 3)
and move everything under /var/spool into it.
again, maintain the ownerships and perms.
6. then edit your /etc/fstab to reflect the changes.
something like the ff. just supply the missing fields, etc.
=====<old fstab excerpt>======
/dev/hda1 swap
/dev/hda2 /
/dev/hda3 /var
/dev/hda4 /export
=====<end of old fstab excerpt>======
=====<new fstab excerpt>======
/dev/hda1 swap
/dev/hda2 /
/dev/hda3 /var
/dev/hda4 /var/spool
=====<end of new fstab excerpt>======
7. pray before rebooting your system.
i know the others have better ways of doing this.
but this is the solution which popped into my head first.
btw, i did a similar operation to a server just last night,
so i'm fairly sure it will work. step 7 is crucial :)
but then again, ymmv.
hth,
-eric
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