On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 09:18, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to rationalise space by moving my /var directory from its > own partition to /, as currently there's a lot of wastage. I've copied > /var to /newvar with rsync, and now want to mount /newvar as /var on > reboot by creating an entry in /etc/fstab. This is it (using /var-tst > for testing): > > /newvar /var-tst ext4 > loop 0 0 > > but I'm getting: > > mount: /var-tst: failed to setup loop device for /newvar. > > /var-tst exists, so that's the problem? The man page for mount states > that it will create the necessary /dev loopback device if it isn't > specified. Currently there are no loopback devices in the system, and > the loop kernel module is loaded. > The default scheme has /var as a directory. Can you boot from live media? If so, you could just rename `/newvar` to `/var` and edit fstab. > > poc > > PS Suggestions on how to move /var without all this jiggery-pokery are > also welcome. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- George N. White III
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