[Tfug] my /usr and /var are huge

[erich]

    Using symbolic links for this purpose is dangerous. The userland
is what expands the most for a typical machine, (that is /usr)

    /var can expand and shrink. Check your /var/log files. Unless they
are properly maintained, they can expand to arbitrary size.

                                                                   Erich
Charles R. Kiss wrote:

>I have like three har d har hard drives; do I just move the data around 
>and repartition on the same drive as / for separate /usr /var partitions 
>(I'll figure out how to do that); or can I just copy the data sets to 
>another drive with /usr /var directories and sym-link from the / 
>partition (that's on a separate drive)? Do I sacrifice speed,  energy, 
>error, all of the above?
>I have no clue.  I just know my  / partition is getting huge.
>
>BTW, I really enjoyed following the battery talk.
>
>Hope you guys are having fun in Tucson!
>charles
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