Can't Upgrade symlinked /var
Dennis Gilmore
dennis at dgilmore.net
Sat Nov 8 08:19:54 UTC 2003
Once upon a time at band camp Sat, 8 Nov 2003 12:16 pm, A Campbell wrote:
> I have a RH9 system with a symlinked /var. The Fedora install program
> said that it couldn't upgrade a symlinked /var. What are my options? I
> can't move /var back to the root partition, there isn't enough room.
>
> Any other options besides:
>
> Do a clean install
> Resize the root partition(This would erase the data, correct?)
>
> Thanks,
do you have a spare hdd you could put /var on? my server has var mounted on
its own own hdd. though i havent updarted it yet. currently its on RH8 and
due to be rebuit it needs more hdd space as its running out fast. but it
shouldnt be a problem if it has a seperate partition.
Dennis
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