Increase /var size
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hi!
i'm a newbie with pfsense.i need more space for storing log files in /var partition, how can i do this?
i have an 1GB CF card, and i have dumped this img on it "http://snapshots.pfsense.com/FreeBSD6/RELENG_1_2/embedded/1024/"
output of df -h
/dev/ufs/pfSense 911M 56M 782M 7% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/md0 38M 36K 35M 0% /tmp /dev/md1 20M 4.8M 15.2M 1% /var /dev/ufs/pfSenseCfg 3.6M 46K 3.3M 1% /cf devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/dhcpd/dev -
The point of the embedded platform is that you won't be writing logs there. The size of the partition is therefore irrelevant ;)
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so wich version should i use to obtain this?
i'am building a firewall based on a net5501-70, with 1GB flash card (industrial grade, so dont worry about read&write cycles) ….i don't want to use a remote syslog server, and the spare space on the cf (on 1gb CF card with default installation of pfsense i have 800MB of "wasted" space) could be used to store log files.....
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I'd assume that you have to install the Embedded version to get a working kernel for that processor. There is a way to mount the filesystems as rw but you'll need to search the forum for the details as I don't use Embedded so don't know myself.
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You need to do a full install to the CF like you would a HD. The logs still aren't just going to pile up forever though, they're still rotated long before they get anywhere near 100 MB. If you want to do a full install to just keep more logs locally, that's not going to achieve what you desire.
