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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.

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