Resizing /var

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2005-06-11 15:43, ptitoliv <ptitoliv at frenchsuballiance.cjb.net> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a big problem on a FreeBSD 5.3 Box. It is an hosted server
> installed by an hosting service. But I didn't know what they smoke when
> they have installed the system but they sized the /var filesystem only
> to 200 MB which is not sufficient for my needs.
>
> I used an emergency solution which was to transfer some datas on /usr
> like databases but I am afraid that the problem will come back. So I am
> asking here if there is any solution to transfer free space from ./usr
> to /var.
>
> But there are some constraints :
>
> - I have no free unpartitioned space available
> - I can't format any partition because and I can't loose datas
>
> Is there any solution with some BSD tools in order to solve this problem ?

None that I know of.  Your best bet is, I guess, to find somewhere
enough space for a backup, repartition & restore session.