Re: anyone interested?

[Roger Hill <unixman@charter.net>]

If /var is a separate DISK, and there are no relative errors pertaining to that disk device, I would agree with you, that should be feasible (It's really hard to tell without seeing the errors firsthand) Usually, the default layout for a *nix box, is to have /var on it's own partition or slice(same as the boot disk device typically) , but not it's own disk. 

Personally, I think storing any application data in /var or any other system level slices or directories is an extremely bad idea (Even if you have it on it's own disk device), since that most system logs, core service logs, and other 'system level stuff' typically resides there .
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---- Justin McCormick <justinm@schoolcenter.com> wrote: 

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It seems to me that all Eric wants currently is to get the data off the 
harddrive but cannot do so because the boot drive has errors/failed.  
The best thing I would think to do would be to grab a live CD of your 
favorite distro and mount the good drive to get the contents off of it.

Roger Hill wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Can you post some of the error messages here ? 
>
> It may be, all you need to do is fsck the /var or other partitions . 
>
> I'd suggested storing all of your website data in it's own partition, NOT /var, /var is a system level partition. 
>
> Something like /data01/www or whatever, but on it's own partition or disk would be best. If that is not possbile , you could NFS mount a partition on a different machine, and server content from the NFS mount, that way.  
>
> This is a typical scenario done, with multiple web servers able to share/read/write data from a shared filesystem . 
>
> Reply back with some of  the errors , and we'll see what we can do ... 
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> #!/usr/bin/rh stop
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> ---- eric <eric@egyptian.com> wrote: 
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> the big muddy imc is attempting to reestablish its web presence. it was on an old pii running redhat. fortunately, the site data was in var. var is a separate drive on our machine. the boot drive is showing various errors and will not boot.
>  if you are unfamiliar with the big muddy independent media center, it is a collective that is part of a global network of imc's.  we have been offered server space but need assistance in insuring that our data is functional.
>
> best
> eric
>
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