----- redhat at mckerrs.net wrote: > For sure you will be able to mount /var on your new disk.... > > but not before you boot single user and copy all the contents across > manually and then modify /etc/fstab to reflect the new location of > /var. > > In my experience it is nigh-on impossible to *move* /var when a system > is running. > > Hint : next time use LVM *even* if you only have 1 physical disk to > start with. It makes this sort of situation an non-event. > > Cheers. > > ----- "Indunil Jayasooriya" <indunil75 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a mailgw running Centos where trendmicro(IMSS) is installed. > > it > > works perfectly. Now, the problem is it is running out of Harddisk. > > > > pls see below and pay attention to / file system (/dev/sda6), > where > > only 1.3 gb is available. these are not Logical volums (LVM) > > > > [root at gateway 17141]# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sda6 9.7G 7.9G 1.3G 87% / > > /dev/sda1 99M 9.2M 85M 10% /boot > > /dev/sda5 15G 11G 3.5G 75% /opt > > none 627M 0 627M 0% /dev/shm > > > > I checkd with du -h. then, I saw /var has 7.1 gb. So, Now I want to > > know, If I plug a new harddisk and partion with fdisk and then > format > > that harddisk, will I able to mount /var directory to it ? > > > > Your Ideas? > > > > > > -- > > Thank you > > Indunil Jayasooriya > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sorry for the top post !!!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.