From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 11 00:44:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19BDD106568D for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA9E8FC1B for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:44:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so1847130eyf.9 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PXs2ERK/ocq41VJT9JCxSQAEdqnAhr99+2qbnIjArOc=; b=lB7MAPUopGD6k77IWqWVzS7QBw/nxd9Baw+GyoNO9oH4bFtx5KHvGTwV8FiY3SMMAM xeQOjf8DshLw/CsQ3kM4jhDZiNUi7IjP7hWZis2q6aWdOvXWrsAfsBNn80J9bEkkFkVz NPQO2mpFlrCbryC7Bi5o0onfV0QEDkUWNApes= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QxmjudviOaDodK/fm4KLL+alFRV7jfRWUequRfsi+La69K+SyhffzNIFw0gqNCYz6a P82o5caB7+YAGYD2w8viuqgkGO2Z/+hXFfOw0eURbZ0fOSWUJ1GpUKM8jq0P6LJVFtXM GTJrl6abjXGYr1wHdkM/AnN6wi5RD5HAM601Y= Received: by 10.210.9.18 with SMTP id 18mr5329229ebi.34.1255221840701; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm2645313eyg.11.2009.10.10.17.43.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:43:46 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: / almost out of space just after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:44:02 -0000 On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Richard Mahlerwein 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.