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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