Subject: Re: siz of /var
From: Damien Hull (dhull@digitaloverload.net)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 09:23:03 AKST
Greg,
I never thought about doing a soft link. That should work just fine for
what I want. I'll give it a try at tonights meeting.
So far I haven't run out of space in /var yet but that will change the
more I use my system.
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 13:41, Greg Madden wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 13:15, Damien Hull wrote:
> >
> > I just reinstalled Debian on my laptop. I'm trying to save my self some
> > space by squeezing it onto the smallest amount of space I can. I think I
> > may have made a mistake by giving /var 150mb. After setting up Debian
> > the way I like it /var only has 35mb left.
> >
> > Using apt to install software has used up most of the 35mb left in /var.
> > I have been using "apt-get clean" to get back the 35mb. If logs etc..
> > take up more then a few mb of space I may not be able to install
> > software using apt.
> >
> > I'm wondering if I can leave things the way they are or should I
> > reinstall and give /var more space?
> >
> > I'm hoping I don't have to reinstall everything.
>
> I think you should be able to do a softlink of /var/cache/apt/archives/
> to another location with more space. /usr/local?
> --
> Greg Madden
> Precision Air Balance, Inc.
> Phone: 907-276-0461
> email: pabi@gci.net
>
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