Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:30:40 +0200 From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Change default dumpdir to /usr/crash? Message-ID: <20040430123040.GB30157@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <200404301403.50634.past@noc.ntua.gr> References: <200404301403.50634.past@noc.ntua.gr>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* Panagiotis Astithas, 2004-04-30 :
> I was wondering (since being bitten by this occasionally) why don't we change
> the default dumpdir in /etc/default/rc.conf to /usr/crash instead
> of /var/crash? The default partitioning scheme in sysinstall (when you press
> 'A') creates a /var with only 256MB, whereas it retains a huge amount of
> space for /usr. Shouldn't we help Joe "the defaults" User have working
> crashdumps?
The proper fix would probably be to change the default partitioning
scheme, not to move the crash dumps. I think one property we try to
guarantee is that /usr be mountable read-only through NFS for a cluster
of workstations, whereas /var is always mounted read-write, for its
purpose is to contain files whose contents *vary* over time.
Thomas.
--
Thomas.Quinot@Cuivre.FR.EU.ORG
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040430123040.GB30157>