I'm trying to rationalise space by moving my /var directory from its own partition to /, as currently there's a lot of wastage. I've copied /var to /newvar with rsync, and now want to mount /newvar as /var on reboot by creating an entry in /etc/fstab. This is it (using /var-tst for testing): /newvar /var-tst ext4 loop 0 0 but I'm getting: mount: /var-tst: failed to setup loop device for /newvar. /var-tst exists, so that's the problem? The man page for mount states that it will create the necessary /dev loopback device if it isn't specified. Currently there are no loopback devices in the system, and the loop kernel module is loaded. poc PS Suggestions on how to move /var without all this jiggery-pokery are also welcome. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
