Running out of /usr space

From: Craig Silva <csilva_at_vichealth.vic.gov.au>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:01:08 +1100 (Sydney Daylight Time)

I am looking for some suggestions on how best to increase space in /usr - df shows 99% used. /usr is on a 1gb disk with / , /var and some swap.

I obviously made the wrong guesses when I partitioned it initially and I have /var on the same disk with only 16% used.

Further, there is another 2gb disk with 1 gb allocated to /data and approx 1gb unallocated.

If I redo the disk label and increase the /usr partition at the expense of the /var do I need to backup/restore /usr AND /var or will /usr survive the increase in the partition? (it comes first in the partition table). Are there any gotchas if I reduce the /var partition? Any tips/hints on this procedure?

As an alternative, what are the politics of linking a /var/users directory to /usr/users (i.e. moving /usr/users to /var/users)? Any major problems with this as a solution?

BTW / , /usr and /var are advfs.

War and disaster stories appreciated.

Craig
Received on Wed Jan 29 1997 - 15:20:44 NZDT

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