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Move /var to another partition in Ubuntu
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Move /var to another partition in Ubuntu

Create partition with fdisk or gparted

fdisk /dev/sdb
...
...

Create fs

Assuming target fs is ext4 and device is /dev/sdb1

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

Create temp mount point

mkdir /var2

Mount partition to temp mount point

mount /dev/sdb1 /var2

Copy current /var content to new

rsync -a /var/ /var2

Get UUID

Run blkid and copy the UUID of /dev/sdb1

Add /etc/fstab

UUID="<UUID from previous step>" /var ext4 defaults 0 2

Post

You can cleanup the old /var to free up space by mounting / to another location using a LiveCD.

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