Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:41:21 -0300 (GMT) From: Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@ns1.sminter.com.ar> To: thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr Cc: Clem.Dye@wdr.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partition sizes on 3.1 Message-ID: <199904231541.MAA25444@ns1.sminter.com.ar> In-Reply-To: <37207EDC.5F214C37@telspace.alcatel.fr> from Herbelot Thierry at "Apr 23, 99 04:08:28 pm"
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En un mensaje anterior, Herbelot Thierry escribió: [...] > I would use a MUCH larger /usr (in part because I store there /usr/src > which is ~ 250 Megs and /usr/obj which is also ~ 250 Megs - for 3.1) How much does it take your whole /usr under 3.1? > > A separate /tmp partition is probably not necessary : you could enlarge > your swap partition and use it as a MFS (memory file system) mounted > under /tmp Maybe a good idea: /tmp gets smaller as system needs more swap? If you add a file to swap over it, does it count on /tmp also? > > More generally, if you have many partitions, it's easy to have at least > one of them not large enough, and there is not "partition magic" tool > for FreeBSD - so I personnaly have only /, /var and /usr (plus swap), > wiht he sizes automatically computed by the install program. True, but remember that you buy security by mounting /home, /data and /tmp as noexec. Thanks and regards! Fernando P. Schapachnik Administración de la red VIA Net Works Argentina SA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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