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From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
To: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Partitioning suggestions?
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Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> stands accused of saying:
> i wasn't going to get into this thread, however i feel that a 32meg root
> is NOT a good idea, 50megs is nice, but with 32megs i've come across
> problems of filling the root partition.

  I stand corrected. The MFS /tmp is still a good idea, just remeber that MFS
goes away when you reboot. :)

> -Alfred
> 
> >   Were I you, I'd merge the /tmp filesystem into swap, and then mount your
> > /tmp via MFS. You will notice much better performance on /tmp. Also,
> > personally, I always use a 32M root, especially when I have a /var filesystem,
> > and have never had space problems with root.
> > 
> > > [ ... snip ... ]
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jonathan Mini 					Ingenious Productions
> > Software Development				P.O. Box 5693,
> > 						Eugene, Or. 97405
> > 
> >  "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."
> > 
> 

-- 
Jonathan Mini 					Ingenious Productions
Software Development				P.O. Box 5693,
						Eugene, Or. 97405

 "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."