From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 00:22:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB80716A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:22:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09C243D2F for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:22:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pergesu@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 58so279464wri for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:22:05 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=hdFvHPVYY1zo/SmDiVY7MQLUSN5pHr2i18XMdjlWAa5x3U/2YDNRcVK6o7iMym8DENbiHtskmaxXr2qBDsSwkmsdouZzwNjDfaZ4f+/GI3lvRmpTi6FIJwei3vjk+Gja96soJqV6av4/KP606tBIfk1cDZQs0AMdLKkc9LC521k= Received: by 10.54.48.55 with SMTP id v55mr122009wrv; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:22:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.42.28 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:22:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <810a540e050131162272f13a91@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:22:04 -0700 From: Pat Maddox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200501312324.j0VNOQs00528@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <810a540e05013115135b134ff2@mail.gmail.com> <200501312324.j0VNOQs00528@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Do I need to make /var bigger? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pat Maddox List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:22:07 -0000 Actually, it turns out it was just a mistake on the DC's part. I submitted a ticket for an OS reload, saying I needed bigger partitions, because the layout they installed it with didn't make any sense. Got an email back in two minutes saying they messed up, and that they'd install it with real partitions right away, free of charge. Apparently they just used the defaults when they installed it. Despite the fact that the initial install was messed up, I really like how they're handling it. Lovin my host so far. On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:24:25 -0500 (EST), Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > I just got a new dedicated server setup with FreeBSD, and noticed that > > the /var partition is only 260MB. That seems like it could be a big > > problem, considering all the logs will go in there, as well as mail. > > What should I do about this? Do I need to do an OS reload and have a > > bigger /var partition made up? I've got an 80 gig hard drive, so > > space isn't really an issue. Doesn't make sense to me that I've got a > > 77 gig /usr partition, and only 260MB allocated to /var. > > Probably it would be best. > > Another or additional thing to do is to have a large 'rest of the disk' > partition where you move such things as /var/log and /var/spool and > other things that grow in a less than planned pattern and make links > to them. > > I think someone needs to rethink the default sizes that FreeBSD > install makes the / (root), /tmp, /usr and /var partitions. > The world has moved on. On the other hand, I have never taken > the default sizes from the first install I tried, so... > > ////jerry > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >