Kent West wrote: > Alternatively, could I temporarily mount /var.... on a different partition > that has more space free?
Better: copy /var/cache/apt it to an empty directory on a partition with free space, remove /var/cache/apt, and symlink. > My fstab doesn't reference /var, so I assume /var is a subdirectory of /, > since a "df /var" shows the same amount free as a "df /". If this is > indeed the case, why do so many people recommend a small partition (50 - > 100 MB or so) for / if dselect/apt expects to use that space for > downloads? _I'd_ never reccommend a small /var. If you're going to have a small root partition, you should consider splitting /var and possibly /tmp out into their own partitions. -- see shy jo
