From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 27 22:23:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01303 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:23:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (0@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA01277 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:23:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from batie@agora.rdrop.com) Received: (from batie@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15348; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:23:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19980127222309.17450@agora.rdrop.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:23:09 -0800 From: Alan Batie To: John Kelly Cc: jack@germanium.xtalwind.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space References: <34d4bf15.15742383@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-md5; boundary=ebEcofwtwHh0aNzo X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <34d4bf15.15742383@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 05:22:44AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --ebEcofwtwHh0aNzo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 05:22:44AM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > >> I see little benefit in a partition dedicated to /var. > > > >I do. I like the fact that the / partition, with the critical system > >files, is not written to each time a log entry is made > > Please read the message again. Root (/) will still have its own > parition. The separate /var partition is the one we're suggesting to > eliminate by consolidating it inside /usr. The same applies to /usr; if you want to combine filesystems, combine / and /usr; /var is highly dynamic, whereas without too much trouble / and /usr could be made R/O, which would greatly simplify upgrades. -- Alan Batie ______ www.rdrop.com/users/batie Me batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / www.qrd.org The Triangle PGPFP DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A \ / www.pgpi.com The Weird Numbers 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 \/ www.anti-spam.net NO SPAM! --ebEcofwtwHh0aNzo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNM7OzYv4wNua7QglAQGO1QP/fiwQkWPuWM24JMRDKS459+H+kgZjOSKV rxw0t2TuuJDxeHGVjiRlJZg7ST0J8ZtL/uOsdy2f1ojvzgxy+hZaD6SLwKANE1Fo Et+u968GN0ETP5mUMYWmj5E7u3Xk8/0/MF5Yqf+4fygDRnukrhp4wrLFX5AjryH/ DIpcNrBAwX4= =GciF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ebEcofwtwHh0aNzo--