Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 05:22:44 GMT From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: jack@germanium.xtalwind.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail - low on space Message-ID: <34d4bf15.15742383@mail.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127222325.9843C-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127222325.9843C-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 22:33:02 -0500 (EST), jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> wrote: >On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, John Kelly wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:24:55 -0500 (EST), Andrew Webster >> <andrew@guardian.fortress.org> wrote: >> >> >I create my systems without a physical /var parition and symlink /var and >> >/tmp into /usr/var and /usr/tmp respectively, this eliminates all >> >problems, and you don't end up "wasting" lots of disk space for temporary >> >files. > >> I see little benefit in a partition dedicated to /var. > >I do. I like the fact that the / partition, with the critical system >files, is not written to each time a log entry is made Please read the message again. Root (/) will still have its own parition. The separate /var partition is the one we're suggesting to eliminate by consolidating it inside /usr. ------- The day of the proprietary OS is over. Long live free software.
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