Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:12:36 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: gaf <moak@bredband.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp full (newbie) Message-ID: <20040213001236.6b4e0085@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <402BF53A.1010308@bredband.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEMKFKAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> <402BE37C.7070603@bredband.net> <20040212224916.30d1c768@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <402BEA75.3070809@bredband.net> <20040212232451.3fdc67e0@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <402BF53A.1010308@bredband.net>
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:50:50 +0100 gaf <moak@bredband.net> wrote: > Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: >=20 > >On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:04:53 +0100 > >gaf <moak@bredband.net> wrote: > > > > =20 > > > >>I have read the handbook but have been following (It=B4s easier to have= a=20 > >>book in front of you when installing). The Complete FreeBSD 4th=20 > >>edition when installing, where Greg Lehey recommends the partitioning = =20 > >>that I have running right now so..... > >> =20 > >> > > > >HE DOES NOT. > > > > >/ 4G > > >swap 800M > > >/home 35G > > > >NOP. No way. > > > >What he says and you forgot to do is something about sym-linking /tmp to > >/var/tmp, if memory serves. If you want to extent this to have symlinks = like this: > >/tmp --> /home/tmp > >/usr --> /home/usr > >/var --> /home/var > >you can. But there is no reason to do so. > >In fact the default setup is just the other way: > >/home --> /usr/home > >Please refer to hier(7) to see layout of FreeBSD. > >=20 > >Grog's book was for a few years the only one available and it's my perso= nal > >favorite. Nevertheless the FreeBSD handbook is the official reference. > > > >>as a newbie how should I know which one is the most accurate? Now I=20 > >>know you ll say the handbook, so from now on I will follow the handbook. > > > >Read Grog's book, it makes a few times every cent you have spent on it. > > > >>Thanks for answering > >>gaf > > =20 > > > I have the book in front of me.....sorry but there are nothing said=20 > about symlinks. Well, he must have change it in this version. Sorry. > It says: > " Creating the file systems > With these considerations in mind, we=B4ll divide up the disk in the=20 > following manner: > 4G for the root file system, which includes /usr and /var > 512M swap space > The rest of the disk for /home file system" Personally I don't agree with this kind of setup for many reasons. But think about how *you* will be using the disk space before following anyone's suggestion. And think about how large is your disk vs. the disk in the examples you get. > Next is "Selecting distributions" > I can=B4t figure out any other way to decipher this........do you??? For now just do what others suggested and symlink /tmp. eventually do the same with /usr/ports/distfiles, if you have a lot of them. Mine is like this (see my other post also): itetcu@it> /home/itetcu [0:11:34] 0 # du -hs /home/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ 12G /home/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ itetcu@it> /home/itetcu [0:11:39] 0=20 # ll /usr/ports/distfiles lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 32 Jan 9 00:46 /usr/ports/distfiles -> /home/ft= p/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ --=20 IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
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