Sorry Guy....Mike's way worked fine first time
> >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Campbell wrote: > > Paul> hard drive partitions > > Paul> hda1 root 50meg > Paul> hda2 swap 100meg > Paul> hda3 usr 2 gig > Paul> hda5 home 2 gig > Paul> hda6 fat32 storage for transferred win docs etc > > Mike> Do this, but make sure you don't reboot before this has > Mike> completed. > > Mike> mv /var /vr #renames /var to /vr > Mike> mv /vr /usr/var #moves /vr to /usr/var > > The last command won't work: mv cannot move directories across > partitions. Replace it with this: > mkdir /usr/var > (cd /vr && tar cf - .) | (cd /usr/var && tar xf -) > rm -rf /vr > > Mike> ln -s /usr/var /var #does a soft symlink of /usr/var and creates ~var in root partition is this what is expected guys. When I go into ~var all directories inside are still there. I go into ~var/backup delete first bak file.....no change to free space on hda1...... #expected as it is a symlink ??? I go into /usr/var/backup and delete same bak file changes free space on hda3 which means the move command Mike gave me did work Does this sound like what is expected
