On 17Aug2019 12:01, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2019-08-17 at 09:38 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Really, all you need to do is to remove the /var fstab entry, umount
the
existing /var mount, rsync /newvar BACK INTO the stub /var mountpoint
which is there, scrub /newvar.
/var cannot be unmounted while the system is running (see above).
"umount -l /var" is your friend. See "man 8 umount".
You could (roughly):
mkdir /newvar
rsync -a /var/ /newvar/ # note trailing slashes
umount -l /var
rmdir /var
mv /newvar /var
and scrub the fstab entry. Then reboot to make everything use the new
tree.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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