Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 17:13:14 -0500 From: "Joe Gleason" <clash@fireduck.com> To: "Matt Heckaman" <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, "B" <brentb@loa.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /var drive space problem Message-ID: <002701c078f7$086b9f60$0b2d2d0a@fireduck.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101071653420.18503-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
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I agree that /var should be bigger. How about something like this: In sysinstall if the user selects "auto defaults for all" do: VarSize=FreePartitionSpace * 0.10 If VarSize < 20M then VarSize = 20M If VarSize > 1024M then VarSize = 1024M I think a percent with a max and min is a good solution that will work well on systems with alot of mail/log traffic as well as on 170mb drives people find in their basement. Joe Gleason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Heckaman" <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> To: "B" <brentb@loa.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Re: /var drive space problem > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, B wrote: > ... > : if anyone has any suggestions.... they would be greatly appreciated..... > > *sigh* My advice is for the default partition size of /var to be upped to > a more reasonable number. Too many people fall into this trap without > realizing just what goes into /var. (I know I did the first time I > installed FreeBSD, was used to Linux's monolithic / partition.) > > This a the world of 20+ GB hard drives for under 200$ Canadian. There > really is no reason for the default /var to be at 20 Mb (last I checked). > > I know that just me alone on a workstation can easily end up with more > mail than that. We aren't talking server configs where "the admin should > know better" - we're talking every-day desktop usage. I set my /var at 150 > Mb, which always has worked fine for me long as I clear out logfiles here > and there.. > > This isn't a flame, just wondering why this is still the same :) > > Matt > > * Matt Heckaman - mailto:matt@lucida.ca http://www.lucida.ca/pgp * > * GPG fingerprint - 53CA 8320 C8F6 32ED 9DDF 036E 3171 C093 4AD3 1364 * > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: http://www.lucida.ca/pgp > > iD8DBQE6WOaHMXHAk0rTE2QRAuieAKCNr/lUbesKUaFdLslK8F5+9avAfgCfYZ3K > 1pLkIw5LAOj/sRNbmqeM1u0= > =stWv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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