On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > 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.
By "symlink", do you mean to make a filename "apt" in the original location that is a symlink to the new location? Would that be: ln -s /var/cache/apt /big_partition/free_space/apt (Sorry for asking about the syntax; I'm fairly new at this stuff.) > > 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. > Ahhh! Ya learn something new everyday.... I love this list! So really I need to repartition now and reinstall before I go any further (this is a new install, so I wouldn't be losing anything except a little more bit of ignorance)? Or is there an easier way of moving /var and /tmp to an existing bigger partition? -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
