Hi and a question on increasing /VAR

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Author: Wacks, David
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Subject: Hi and a question on increasing /VAR
> Hi,
>
> I had recently set up FreeBSD on a P3-500, 10GB hd. Unfortunately I did
> not partition enough space for my /var and my mail and queue keep filling
> up the section.
>
> I can add another drive in to the system, but am unsure what process to
> follow to get the drive partitioned and the current mount points to expand
> into the new drive.
>
> I have 4 mount points:
> /dev/ad0s1a     99183    30521    60728    33%    /
> /dev/ad0s1f   9077299   801979  7549137    10%    /usr
> /dev/ad0s1e     19815     2734    15496    15%    /var
> procfs              4        4        0   100%    /proc

>
> the procfs seems to be maxed (do I need to do anything about that)?
>
> I would like to have the mount points exapnd into the new drive as
> necessary.
>
> Can someone please give me the steps to make this happen.
> 1. Install HD
> 2. boot, OS should detect as "ad1s1"? is that correct it will be an IDE
> Slave
>
> what happens next?
>
> I really apreciate your help.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>