Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:43:46 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: / almost out of space just after installation Message-ID: <20091011014346.344c37f8@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <877212.65138.qm@web51003.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <20091010200418.8e880250.freebsd@edvax.de> <877212.65138.qm@web51003.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> wrote: > The only time I can > really think I'd want /tmp to be in RAM is if I already had too much > RAM for the needs of the box - otherwise, just give me the RAM... But it wouldn't actually be a ram disk, that's just just a misnomer that people, who ought to know better, are throwing around. It would probably be tmpfs. > While I'm reasonably happy rolling my own FS sizes, I would be even > happier if I didn't have to. As long as we're doing the wish list, > I'd guess for this (all numbers significantly flexible): > > Drive < 16 GB = keep current layout? > > Drive > 16 and < 40 GB = > / = 1 GB > swap = 1.5x RAM > /tmp = 2 GB > /var = 2 GB > /usr = remaining space 2 GB each for /var and /tmp is far too high for such small disks, I wouldn't want to squander 4GB like that much below a TB. It's a figure that's hardly ever going to be "about right" either for /tmp or /var, when it isn't far too big, it's likely to be too small. > Drive > 40 GB = > / = 1 GB > swap = 1.5x RAM > /tmp = 2 GB > /var = 2 GB > /usr = 1/2 of remaining space, min 20 GB, max 35 GB > /home = everything else. Having a home directory separate from /usr is often a good idea, but making it part of the default install is a really bad idea IMO. A desktop user with a largish disk may want 98% of it under /home, a server may need next to nothing under /home. The amount needed for /usr also varies enormously. It's so hard to come-up with sensible values that the only sensible thing to do is leave them on the same partition by default. It's not exactly rocket science to add your own /home partition.
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