Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 07:03:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: sdoty@jaxx.net (Steve Doty) Cc: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk, andrew@cream.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: / getting a bit full.....help.. Message-ID: <199905281203.HAA11817@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <374DE35E.F4EDC616@jaxx.net> from Steve Doty at "May 27, 99 05:29:18 pm"
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In a previous message, Steve Doty said: > > > "Chris R." wrote: > > > > Andrew Boothman wrote: > > > > > > Bill Woods wrote: > > > > > > > > I have already moved /var/log > > > > > > > > any more ideas...... > > > > > > Erm. I don't know if I'm being stupid here but, /var/log isn't on the / > > > partition, it's on the /var partition so how is moving it going to help? > > > > > > > Doesn't that depend really on whether a seperate /var partition was made > > when the OS was installed? If it wasn't I thought it defaulted to the > > root partition / > > > > There are (I thought?) warnings about the dangers of this on heavy mail > > using setups etc. > > > > CR > > > > I don't think the setup has a warning about the auto partition option. > There should be though. I have had to redo other peoples machines > because they use that option and it only gives you about 25megs on /var > which is not enough with logs and mail files. > Is there really a benefit to have different partitions on one disk > anyway. I always set the whole drive to / minus a swap partition. There are at least a couple of reasons to partition. 1) when the machine takes a hit, the entire disk isn't nessarily affected. 2) You have more than one disk. 3) You have a smaller tape drive and need to make backups fit. 4) You like it that way. -- Be alert! We need more lerts. -- Jay Goldberg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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