From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 07:12:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 219911065672 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f195.google.com (mail-px0-f195.google.com [209.85.216.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7FD38FC15 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi33 with SMTP id 33so1834536pxi.28 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:12:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=NTeiBQa0dJSXudpzUN4L6CV3aDj+N1PjkjS685B7pA8=; b=di1egvLYCMqbioxBPYLfYqw05SVXO53ve9HSFXIo9qlKFQ7BMQYiYQ0dcsYFv1luaU 5owDgy+7jBGPTXT9P/7Cr3o9knrr3iMRB8Et06kaqOe8SGHQnZtbfzyjrswXGaUhca92 kVLY98EXSv2AcJWYjz6VYYPvjKEznaSNLNKWA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=Vbe/TbBFoWba7Rjn32M9MnyVm8M1q8aaYwzeVjFddof+ls1HLxMlOXd38qDeTlKxau pn4cUxVsyyBj9U5NktRUDgx7vHmAoagw7KsDo0Yju8AKYjz5qp4Udcr+vxUUfa0Vnttd ekALW9GBHs77qIOqhUOGE34lBRu6fUlCKOzbg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.9.37 with SMTP id 37mr188562wfi.116.1255072326388; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:12:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ACEE10D.4070201@radel.com> References: <200910071110.n97BANiE012861@lurza.secnetix.de> <4acd9c98.Mf06e1KlRm+blPrD%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4ACEE10D.4070201@radel.com> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:12:06 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 277c34f3a42d6a25 Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: Jon Radel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: / almost out of space just after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:12:07 -0000 On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Jon Radel wrote: > I believe it's been years since I didn't bump up the sizes on an install, > otherwise I just end up with all this space where it's least likely to save > me from a filled disk in the future. While I am actually running some > hardware that is over 10 years old with FreeBSD, quite happily, every single > hard drive involved has been replaced due to failure or as a preventative > measure. > Oh, I'm not saying people aren't running FreeBSD on older hardware, I'm just guessing that *new* installs mostly happen on hardware that is less than 10 years old. :) -- randi