Re: var out of space
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:22:45PM -0800, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Thanks for all help. uname says FreeBSD 4.10-SECURITY Looks like I should do a fresh install. What's a bugger is this server does dns (bind 8) and web hosting (Apache 1.3) for a few hundred domains. I can backup the zone and web data no problem but I've only installed FreeBSD a few times while looking for a replacement for Gentoo. I need to get this right. This server will only be doing dns and some minor (low hit) web hosting. I will do my own homework and google like hell before I do this but I'd like to ask here on this list what version of FreeBSD I should go with Go with the latest _RELEASE version. Currently that is 6.1_RELEASE but 6.2_RELEASE is expected out very soon - maybe before you finish reading handbook and DNS and Apache documentation. if there is a good howto for a combo bind/apache/php/mysql build. There is good information in the FreeBSD handbook plus for DNS, check out the O'Reilly DNS and Bind Grasshopper book and the O'Reilly DNS and Bind Cookbook Opossum book. There are several Apache books that each have a slightly different style, but you might want to start with one of the FreeBSD books such as 'FreeBSD Unleashed' that have a piece more specific to setting it up on FreeBSD. Go for the latest editions of these books. They tend to re-release them every so often, updated for later versions. Thanks for sharing your valuable time. Have fun, jerry //Brad On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat - usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel9 Jan 16 2005 home - /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jan 16 2005 stand lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 5 15:27 sys - usr/src/sys drw--- 7 root wheel 2048 Dec 17 01:09 tmp drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 usr drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 512 Nov 6 11:54 var Thanks for any help, Brad ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
Thanks for all help. uname says FreeBSD 4.10-SECURITY Looks like I should do a fresh install. What's a bugger is this server does dns (bind 8) and web hosting (Apache 1.3) for a few hundred domains. I can backup the zone and web data no problem but I've only installed FreeBSD a few times while looking for a replacement for Gentoo. I need to get this right. This server will only be doing dns and some minor (low hit) web hosting. I will do my own homework and google like hell before I do this but I'd like to ask here on this list what version of FreeBSD I should go with if there is a good howto for a combo bind/apache/php/mysql build. Thanks for sharing your valuable time. //Brad On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat - usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel9 Jan 16 2005 home - /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jan 16 2005 stand lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 5 15:27 sys - usr/src/sys drw--- 7 root wheel 2048 Dec 17 01:09 tmp drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 usr drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 512 Nov 6 11:54 var Thanks for any help, Brad ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Thanks for all help. uname says FreeBSD 4.10-SECURITY Looks like I should do a fresh install. What's a bugger is this server does dns (bind 8) and web hosting (Apache 1.3) for a few hundred domains. I can backup the zone and web data no problem but I've only installed FreeBSD a few times while looking for a replacement for Gentoo. I need to get this right. This server will only be doing dns and some minor (low hit) web hosting. I will do my own homework and google like hell before I do this but I'd like to ask here on this list what version of FreeBSD I should go with if there is a good howto for a combo bind/apache/php/mysql build. Thanks for sharing your valuable time. //Brad On Dec 16, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat - usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel9 Jan 16 2005 home - /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jan 16 2005 stand lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 5 15:27 sys - usr/src/sys drw--- 7 root wheel 2048 Dec 17 01:09 tmp drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 usr drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 512 Nov 6 11:54 var Thanks for any help, Brad Brad, Just get the latest stable (6.x); it's a good, solid release. New version of 6.x is coming out soon though (6.2) FYI. - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFiKSFEnKyINQw/HARAhh7AJ9dorBmPBOqSC2k9JEGcyochy63jgCfZlu0 Y0pq72/YB/2AlWdjlxN7aPw= =6vJ1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
Howdy, Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc You are right, whoever built that machine put all the spare space in to /usr (wouldn't be my choice, but...) so you can make use of that space. The first thing to do is to figure out what is using the space. use du(1) for that. probably something like: (NOTE: do this as root or single user) cd /var du -sk * The most like culprits are /var/mail, var/spool, /var/log, and /var/db Rather than moving all of /var in to /usr, just move the worst of those and make symlinks. Of course you might also want to clean up some of the stuff, for example if /var/log is taking up all the space, use newsyslog(8) to manage rotation of logs and clearing of old logs. But, really your /var is too small so even after you clean up you will have to move some things. For example, you can move /var/spool to /usr by: cd /var/spool tar cpf /usr/spool.tar * cd /usr mkdir var.spool cd var.spool tar xpf ../spool.tar cd /var mv spool old-spool ln -s /usr/var.spool spool Now check things out by doing looking around: cd /var/spool should get you to /usr/var.spool and find all the files in place. When you are convinced it is good, then: cd /var rm -rf old-spool You might just find some files it refused to rm because flags are set on them, particularly 'schg' so you will have to unset those flags to nuke the files. chflags noschg file_namefor example Then remove those files by hand. See chflags(1) At this point you would have /var/spool actually living in /usr with no problem. NOTE that doing the tar to a file and then untarring and also moving /var/spool to a different file and checking things first is being a little more careful(chicken) than absolutely necessary, but I prefer being safe. Also, my naming convention (making the directory be var.spool) helps me keep track of things sort of like using mnemonic variable names. This doesn't muck with your partition layout like moving all of /var in to /usr would. But, if you really want to move all of /var to /usr and change the mounts, then use dump/restore as follows: cd /usr mkdir newvar cd newvar dump 0af - /var | restore -rf - umount /var cd /etc Edit /etc/fstab to remove or comment out the /var line cd / rmdir var ln -s /usr/newvar var Check it out - it should work just fine. Of course, you don't have to use the name 'newvar' for the directory name in /usr, but it makes it clearer what happened. Now the 260MB in the ad0s1e partition will be essentially unused for anything unless you mount it as something else. I really think the former solution is a little better, but either will work. NOTE also that a possibly better overall solution that either is to completely reinstall FreeBSD from scratch and completely reorganize your disk at the same time especially if it is below version 6.1. Of course, you would want to make complete backups before doing that so you can put what parts of your data you want to keep back on after the installation. But, if you are new to FreeBSD, just moving a couple of things to free up space in /var will easily give you time to play around and become familiar and then you can do the complete re-install later when you have a better picture of what you want and after 6.2 RELEASE comes out. jerry and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat - usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel9 Jan 16 2005 home - /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4
Re: var out of space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Given that I don't know what version of FreeBSD you're running, I would first try to move and symlink /var into /usr Got to single user mode first. Then copy /var with cpio # find /var -print | cpio -pvdmu /usr Remove the old /var and make a symlink to /usr/var # rm -rf /var # ln -s /usr/var var Reboot to normal operations. Second - if all seems like to work well - I would perhaps prefer to expand the g partition into the old e partition and do a growfs on /usr to make use of the extra space left over from old /var, IF these two partitions are close neighbours on the disk. As I understand it's only possible to growfs within a partition, so we need to merge the old e partition with the existing g. Go to single user mode again # bsdlabel -e /dev/ad0s1 Add the size of the g partition to the f partition in the editor. Delete the g partition line and save. Run a growfs on the new g # growfs /dev/ad0s1g Reboot. You will probably run into some fsck problems, but that will hopefully be a one timer. I have only done the last approach one time myself on a 6.2-RC1 install - - so any second opinions from some more seasoned users would be grateful. Don't forget to study the man pages for bsdlabel and growfs - and do your backups. But it would give you a general idea of how your problems may be solved. /Anders -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Grunbacher Altweizen Dunkel Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFhP1UMVyOPWVstbURAgYRAKCikpLatgEUq5L1bDOccUOf21wrfACfT/YJ gu41y+tiHOnNyn4yJk2/9pc= =alP4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anders Gulden Olstad wrote: Add the size of the g partition to the f partition in the editor. Delete ^^^^^^ the g partition line and save. I mean of course partition 'e' and 'g'! Sorry! /Anders -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Grunbacher Altweizen Dunkel Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFhP6TMVyOPWVstbURAhzvAJ47AkzDjvgbCvdnRAA2OtFFsYhycgCg+PJX Cu1AvBtZJxonzKBQL912rNA= =Q/YR -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Add the size of the g partition to the f partition in the editor. Delete ^^^^^^ the g partition line and save. ^^^ I mean of course partition 'e' and 'g'! Sorry! /Anders dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Grunbacher Altweizen Dunkel Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFhQIUMVyOPWVstbURApa4AKCzXGTSvab8ctegIpT7QHUIbLcvcwCgvQ02 T3UghfNK4xNLNIP2fPqCgHI= =xs1t -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anders Gulden Olstad wrote: Given that I don't know what version of FreeBSD you're running, I would first try to move and symlink /var into /usr Got to single user mode first. Then copy /var with cpio # find /var -print | cpio -pvdmu /usr Remove the old /var and make a symlink to /usr/var # rm -rf /var # ln -s /usr/var var I forgot: Edit your /etc/fstab and comment out the /var line Reboot to normal operations. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Grunbacher Altweizen Dunkel Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFhRJkMVyOPWVstbURAoOlAKC86TOaYYl6fpbMW41/3bvM7Yc/LACglfih fF3dS+0oNwW2DtdWp7Oe/Wc= =usf8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
On 17/12/06, Bradley Giesbrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? You could do that. /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var More to the point, you might want to find out what is filling your /var as that is quite a lot of space being used if you are not running a mailserver. du -d1 -h /var (as root) should give you some clues. The usual suspects are /var/tmp and /var/log, though on occasion I have had logfile rotation not do its thing correctly and leave a program writing to a nonexistant file, filling up /var. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: More to the point, you might want to find out what is filling your /var as that is quite a lot of space being used if you are not running a mailserver. du -d1 -h /var (as root) should give you some clues. Allow me to suggest instead: du /var | sort -nr | head -n 25 Run daily (or even weekly), you can become familiar with what's using space and have a chance to notice when things change. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:31:58 -0800 From: Bradley Giesbrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: var out of space To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is a slightly simpler solution than what Anders proposed that may work for you. Find out which sub-directories of /var are the disk space consumers: du -d1 /var | sort -rn | head That will list the top ten. This method assumes you have only one or two large directories, and that moving them would yield a substantial reduction in /var disk space usage. Let's assume that /var/log and /var/db are the top two directories. Shutdown to single-user mode. Stop any daemons like syslog, sendmail, etc. that might write to /var/log or /var/db, since you will be working with those two directories. cd into /var and move the log sub-directory onto the /usr mount point, and then create a symlink to make /var/log redirect to the new location on /usr: cd /var mv log /usr/var-log ln -s /usr/var-log log Repeat for /var/db: mv db /usr/var-db ln -s /usr/var-db db Reboot. This procedure eliminates the need to mess with your disklabel or your fstab. BTW, it looks like your / partition is a bit crowded, also. :) Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var out of space
James Long wrote: Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:31:58 -0800 From: Bradley Giesbrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: var out of space To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is a slightly simpler solution than what Anders proposed that may work for you. Find out which sub-directories of /var are the disk space consumers: du -d1 /var | sort -rn | head That will list the top ten. This method assumes you have only one or two large directories, and that moving them would yield a substantial reduction in /var disk space usage. Let's assume that /var/log and /var/db are the top two directories. Shutdown to single-user mode. Stop any daemons like syslog, sendmail, etc. that might write to /var/log or /var/db, since you will be working with those two directories. cd into /var and move the log sub-directory onto the /usr mount point, and then create a symlink to make /var/log redirect to the new location on /usr: cd /var mv log /usr/var-log ln -s /usr/var-log log Repeat for /var/db: mv db /usr/var-db ln -s /usr/var-db db Reboot. This procedure eliminates the need to mess with your disklabel or your fstab. BTW, it looks like your / partition is a bit crowded, also. :) Jim Depends on what your cluster size is too for the slice. I created a 3.9 GB partition for /usr recently with 16kB clusters (not thinking), and installed ports-which ate up almost all the free space. After I started installing stuff I ran out of space. Solution (in my case): -Delete files (otherwise tunefs has no effect). -Reboot into single-user mode. -Run tunefs on slice setting the average filesize (-f flag) to something a lot lower. -Boot into multiuser mode. Voila! Problem fixed. In your case though, you may want to just backup and redo the system if stuff fills up far too quickly, or look into circular buffer logging with syslog. I don't remember how to accomplish it but it has been done. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
var out of space
Hello, I inherited a freebsd installation with a var slice/mount that is to small and filling up all the time. What type of info should I provide to allow someone to help me with a solution? I would very much prefer to not install another drive just for /var. /usr has plenty of space. Can I mount var off of /usr? Here is the output of df for starters: /dev/ad0s1a128990 119970-1298 101%/ /dev/ad0s1f257998 1852465211478%/tmp /dev/ad0s1g 112755734 4533434 99201842 4%/usr /dev/ad0s1e257998 2069563040487%/var procfs 4 40 100%/proc and ls -la at / looks like this: -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 802 May 25 2004 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 251 May 25 2004 .profile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6355 May 25 2004 COPYRIGHT drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 29 17:39 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 15:27 boot drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Jan 16 2005 compat - usr/compat drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel20480 Jan 16 2005 dev drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 2560 Dec 1 16:11 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel9 Jan 16 2005 home - /usr/home -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4344469 Nov 5 13:22 kernel.GENERIC drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 25 2004 mnt drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4608 Nov 5 13:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 512 Dec 17 01:10 proc drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 5 13:36 root drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Nov 5 15:27 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jan 16 2005 stand lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 5 15:27 sys - usr/src/sys drw--- 7 root wheel 2048 Dec 17 01:09 tmp drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Jan 16 2005 usr drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 512 Nov 6 11:54 var Thanks for any help, Brad ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
