[ale] moving /var

[Jeff Lightner]

Sometimes dropping to single user mode doesn't actually do it - you may
have to reboot into single user mode to insure it is free.

Run lsof /var (or fuser if you don't have lsof) to be sure it's not in
use.

In single user you'll likely need to mount /var by hand.  You'll also
have to mount your new filesystem as something like /mnt.

To preserve permissions/ownership/group/date information you can do
something like:
cp -pR /var/* /mnt/* 
(Doing the /* means it will copy the contents rather than the directory
so you avoid ending up with something like /mnt/var/...)   You could use
the -p option of cpio instead.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Chris Coleman
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:40 PM
To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
Subject: Re: [ale] moving /var

Single user mode is best. Be careful to keep the permissions and
ownership
intact when you copy the files to the new partition.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Paul
To: ale at ale.org
Cartwright
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:03 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] moving /var

I have a need to increase the size of a /var partition for someone. 
I've got info on adding the new drive, creating partitions, adding to
fstab,

relabeling partitions. What I'm not sure about is an active system
partition

like /var . Once I create the new partition on the new drive, will I
have a 
problem copying all the files from /var to the new drive while the
system is

running? Will putting it in single user mode work?

any other gotchas I should know about?
this is a RedHat 3 update 6 Enterprise server.

thanks,
-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
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