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nh

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Registered: 2008-07-09

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[SOLVED] Best way to move /var to its own partition

I'm currently running Arch with all files in one partition.  (Except for swap.)  Now I'd like to move /var to its own partition, without reinstalling Arch.  What's the best way to do this?  Is it as simple as booting up a live CD, moving all files and directories in /var to the new partition, and modifying Arch's fstab to mount /var there?  Are there any gotchas?

Last edited by nh (2008-08-27 15:18:01)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Best way to move /var to its own partition

Is it as simple as booting up a live CD, moving all files and directories in /var to the new partition, and modifying Arch's fstab to mount /var there?

Basically yes -- just make sure that you preserve the permissions and such when you're moving the files.

grndrush

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Re: [SOLVED] Best way to move /var to its own partition

I have /var/cache/pacman on a separate (ext2) partition, and let the rest of /var sit in / (reiserfs). Create the partition with the "N=" parameter, I use 4K or 8K, and fsck's aren't a hassle.

nh

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From: England

Registered: 2008-07-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Best way to move /var to its own partition

Thanks guys, it seems to have worked.  For good measure, I made the new partition reiserfs.

tigrmesh

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Re: [SOLVED] Best way to move /var to its own partition

Please mark this thread as solved (edit your first post).  That way others can easily find help.  Thanks!