Re: [cobalt-developers] Disk Full

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cedric Micheloud wrote:

> How can I do some disk space in my RAQ4r because I have this problem:
> 
> /var used at 86%
> / used at 77%
> /home used at 7%

You move (mv) some directories into home, and create symbolic links. 
You usually have to restart any services writing to those directories
after you've done it.

Here's an example based on one RaQ4 i'm looking at right now for you:

Our /var directory is only at 10%; have you installed any programs into
/var?  You probably should have installed them into /home in the first
place.

We've got two symbolic links in /var; they may have both been put there
by the RaQ upon installation.  They are:

rap -> /nsr/rap  (this doesn't save space; I'd bet it's for preservation
of a legacy directory structure)

tmp -> /home/tmp (this definitely saves space; I cannot recall if we did
this or if it came by default on the RaQ)

Here are some of the directories for which we've got symbolic links from
/ (root); some of these may have been originally on the RaQ; you can do
the others yourself.

opt -> /home/opt
tmp -> /home/tmp

In /usr we've got the following links:

X11R6 -> /home/X11R6/
doc -> /home/doc
man -> /home/man
tmp -> /home/tmp

These save a significant amount of space.

We do these moves all the time, for many clients, and we find that done
properly they don't break anything.

Jeff
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