Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:03:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: Alan Batie <batie@agora.rdrop.com>, John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>, jack@germanium.xtalwind.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Message-ID: <19980201120325.14137@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980201011332.58317@klemm.gtn.com>; from Andreas Klemm on Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 01:13:32AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127222325.9843C-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <34d4bf15.15742383@mail.cetlink.net> <19980127222309.17450@agora.rdrop.com> <19980201011332.58317@klemm.gtn.com>
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On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 01:13:32AM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 10:23:09PM -0800, Alan Batie wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 05:22:44AM +0000, John Kelly wrote: >>>>> I see little benefit in a partition dedicated to /var. >>>> >>>> I do. I like the fact that the / partition, with the critical system >>>> files, is not written to each time a log entry is made >>> >>> Please read the message again. Root (/) will still have its own >>> parition. The separate /var partition is the one we're suggesting to >>> eliminate by consolidating it inside /usr. >> >> The same applies to /usr; if you want to combine filesystems, combine >> / and /usr; /var is highly dynamic, whereas without too much trouble > ^^^^^^^^^^ >> / and /usr could be made R/O, which would greatly simplify upgrades. > > but then /usr/local should become a separate filesystem ... > /usr/local is highly dynamic as well, if you work with ports. Working with ports doesn't mean installing new ones every day. I "work with ports" too, but it's been 9 days since I changed /usr/local/bin. I wouldn't call that "highly dynamic". I think it depends a lot on your installation. I still see little benefit in three partitions on a single disk. The idea of a read-only root file system and no separate /usr isn't bad, though. Sadly, though you can "update" a mount from read-only to write (for example, to add a port), you can't "update" it back to read-only. I suppose this is a thing we should improve on. Greg
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