guide to use extended space on md0 for persistent system log

[kfnas]

would be someone so nice to write simple how to (over cli)
- create and use any simple file system (e.g. fat?) on md0 (ebedded usb disk) sitting on partition somewher highier (let's assume in future the nas4free will grow so starting at ~ 4GB space (usb key is 16gig) without creating the partition (will be rewritten after upgrade) and....
- to point all system/kernel logs to this file system + history of tcsh without overwritting...

thankyou!

[itiab]

How about a quick and dirty hack - Create a /var/log type folder on your NAS - in the mounted data area.
Set up cront tab to copy or move the system log across to it on a regular basis.
Add in a line to the shutdown script that does the copy as the first step of system shutdown.

That way you don't mess with your USB / system disk and your logs are as safe as your "normal" data.

Alternatively mount the var/log on your data disks by editing fstab /mtab. The joy of *nix systems is you can point file systems anywhere you want them to be.

[raulfg3]

Same as described here: http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=faq:0046 in second point:

Change log file locations. There are a couple of different ways to do this. If only RSYNC_LOCAL.LOG is a problem you can move RSYNC_LOCAL.LOG alone.
Probably the easiest way is to use WebGUI Tab> System|Advanced|rc.conf. Add a new Variable, Value (path to a directory that will not be overwritten on boot where you will store the files) and Description as follows:

Variable: clog_logdir
Value: /mnt/data/logs
Description: Log files location.