Re: how to implement my unused /var partition in FC4?

From: Jan Gerrit Kootstra (news_at_kootstra.org.uk)
Date: 07/13/05 

Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:36:14 +0200

"Robert Nichols" <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> schreef in
bericht news:db344r$reg$1@omega-3a.right.here...
> In article <1121229461.015523.273450@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> andrew <seawolf@scssi.org> wrote:
> :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"
>
> I suspect that the problem is with your "cp" command and that the
> contents of your old /var directory now exist in /var/var when your
> new partition is mounted. Try this:
>
> cp -a /sysimage/var/* /sysimage/blah
>
> Note the use of "-a", which will preserve symbolic links, something
> your original options did not do.
>
> --
> Bob Nichols AT comcast.net I am "rnichols42"

Andrew,

In the rescue mode, I would do a chroot to your boot disk.

After that copy the /var content to /blah by

cp -avR /var/* /blah

Regards,

Jan Gerrit

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