how to implement my unused /var partition in FC4?

From: andrew (seawolf_at_scssi.org)
Date: 07/13/05 

Date: 12 Jul 2005 21:37:41 -0700

Hello, all

when I was installing my FC4 recently, i had allocated a separate
(500MB) partition for /var, but somehow missed telling the installer
this, and ended up with a /var subdirectory of /(root)

short of doing a reinstall (which would be very time-costly for me),
how can I fix this?

Should the follow strategy work?

I tried the following once, but did not persist after it failed:

1) boot with linux rescue
2) mount my /dev/sda5 (the unused, intended /var) on a temporary
  mount point ( /sysimage/blah )

3) cp -Rp /sysimage/var /sysimage/blah

4) add the following to my /etc/fstab :
/dev/sda5 /var ext3 defaults 1 2

When I rebooted, the system hang
I had to go into linux rescue and delete the above fstab line, to get
back to "normal"

Would steps 1-3 be a sure thing, but maybe my fstab line was not
adequate? Like, i needed to use LABEL= ... Or is something wrong with
1-3 (as well)?

TIA

andrew

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