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ckevin
06-25-2001, 10:37 PM
I'm using RedHat 7.1 and install it as a Server by their default option. The partition is done by itself and I haven't modified anything. The /var only partition as 256MB storage and now it's full, I only want to re-partition it so that it has more space... Can I get free space from /usr and give those space to /var? How can I re-partition it in this way? Any step-by-step guide?

Also, I tried to umount the /var but it said it is busy so can't umount, how to solve?

Thanks,

Kevin

freebsd
06-26-2001, 01:06 AM
>> Can I get free space from /usr and give those space to /var?

No.

>> how to solve?

Options:
1) Whatever dir under /var that's taking too much space, create a symlink from /usr partition to that directory.
2) Add a new hard drive for /var partition
3) Reinstall and do not accept the default

ckevin
06-26-2001, 01:12 AM
thanks freebsd, your little help is much useful! If I have any further problems, I would post it here!

Thanks very much,

Kevin