Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:52:55 -0800 From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning suggestions? Message-ID: <19971117155255.02937@micron.mini.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117183059.3590A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>; from Alfred Perlstein on Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 06:32:20PM -0500 References: <19971117145827.11042@micron.mini.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117183059.3590A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>
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Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> stands accused of saying: > i wasn't going to get into this thread, however i feel that a 32meg root > is NOT a good idea, 50megs is nice, but with 32megs i've come across > problems of filling the root partition. I stand corrected. The MFS /tmp is still a good idea, just remeber that MFS goes away when you reboot. :) > -Alfred > > > Were I you, I'd merge the /tmp filesystem into swap, and then mount your > > /tmp via MFS. You will notice much better performance on /tmp. Also, > > personally, I always use a 32M root, especially when I have a /var filesystem, > > and have never had space problems with root. > > > > > [ ... snip ... ] > > > > -- > > Jonathan Mini Ingenious Productions > > Software Development P.O. Box 5693, > > Eugene, Or. 97405 > > > > "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five." > > > -- Jonathan Mini Ingenious Productions Software Development P.O. Box 5693, Eugene, Or. 97405 "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."
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