Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:50:16 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com, craig@ProGroup.COM, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning suggestions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971119184734.28359B-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199711192300.QAA06547@usr01.primenet.com>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I can't accept that idea of a "graceful" failure. I don't know if there > > are any "catastrophic" (ie. eaten e-mail, destroyed password > > files, etc) failures in FreeBSD, due to full filesystems. But the > > so-called graceful failures are the real essence of this thread. How do > > you avoid them in the first place? > > By not engaging in sysadm pilot error that results in filled drives. In what universe is this? Point me to a mail server that you use, and I will fill one or more filesystems for you. Then when done, I will blame it on your pilot error. > > > That doesn't guarantee it. What if your FS fills up with PID files? > > > > What would be creating pid files in /var/log? > > In /var. The original poster, said to make /var/log a separate filesystem. This goes along with my point, because it would eliminate the problem. Tom
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