Subject: Re: can /var move?
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@deshaw.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/23/1995 03:54:20
In article <Pine.3.89.9506201531.B11775-0100000@david.wheaton.edu> johnh@david.wheaton.edu (John C. Hayward) writes:
>Dear NetBSDers,
>   I used to have limited disk space and set up the root partition to be just
>large enough under 0.9.  In 1.0 there is more space taken up in the root 
>partition.  I have just picked up another disk.  Is there any problem in
>moving /var to /usr/var and having a link from /var to /usr/var?  Ie is
>there anything that is needed in /var in single user mode without /usr
>mounted?
>   Thanks in advance for your help.
>johnh...
>

I always put var in a separate partition that gets mounted only in multi-user
mode. I've never had a problem. It is a good idea to put /var in a separate
partition anyway...

christos