Date:  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:53:40 -0000
From:  "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:11062] Re: Changing partition size
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> [mailto:kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:37 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:11054] Re: Changing partition size
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
> To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:44 AM
> Subject: [coba-e:11046] Changing partition size
> 
> 
> > Sorry if this is a bit of a noob question ... but I need to reduce
the
> > size of my /var and add it to the /home.
> >
> > This is just a temp solution whilst we organise some bigger drives,
but
> > it will solve the immediate problem.
> >
> > I have seen a friend do this by typing furiously at the CLI but
haven't
> > done it myself, particularly on an active server!
> >
> > Some handholding would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Colin
> >
> 
> 
> Colin
> 
> What you could do to free up some space is delete some of the logs.
> You might check
> du -h /home/.sites/server/logs
> 
> ls -alh  /home/sites/*.*/logs/
> 
> 
> or move /home/mysql to /var/lib/mysql
> then
> ln -s  /var/lib/mysql    /home/mysql
> 
> 
> 
> ----
> Ken Marcus
> Ecommerce Web Hosting by
> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> http://www.precisionweb.net
> 
> 


Cheers Ken ... been down that road already :)

Colin




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