From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 16:27:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E02D16A41F; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:27:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A058543D45; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:27:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from [192.168.4.250] (dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.250]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8EGRDTn018851; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:27:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) In-Reply-To: <20050914155307.GA32734@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050911002229.51F4916A471@hub.freebsd.org> <432382BC.5080105@root.org> <200509110310.36423@harrymail> <43255152.3000609@freebsd.org> <20050912165518.GA94181@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050913125820.GA10663@FreeBSD.org> <20050914100957.L33820@fledge.watson.org> <20050914155307.GA32734@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0D07312F-7DDB-40E4-A63A-3E00969F5A4C@xcllnt.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:27:11 -0700 To: Brooks Davis X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson , Garance A Drosehn Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:27:15 -0000 On Sep 14, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Brooks Davis wrote: >>> I must admit I'm a little uneasy moving /usr and /var into '/', just >>> because I'm so used to the way it is. I really *like* having / >>> var as a >>> separate partition. *snip* >> We probably ought to move this discussion to another list, but -- I >> remember two very specific occasions where I first realized how >> important >> an isolated /var is: >> >> (1) In about 1995, when I first started using ppp, I discovered the >> hard way that the default logging level was set a bit high, >> and filled >> the entire hard disk with log records in a couple of days. *snip* > > I've also hit cases where the log come in so fast that you can fill a > 1GB /var fast enough that newsyslog never has a chance to compress the > log. *snip* Just so that people realize: what is being described is not an argument for having /var be a separate partition, but really for having /var/log be a separate partition. It's just that the granularity of our thinking is highly influenced by our legacy, even to the extend of it becoming an intellectual jail. I think it's much easier to size a /var/log partition effectively than it is to size /, /usr and /var effectively... Just some food for thought, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net