From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 09:59:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14615 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:59:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from unix.infoserve.net (root@unix.infoserve.net [199.175.157.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14577 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:59:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from johnderk@infoserve.net) Received: from infoserve.net (d49-22.infoserve.net [209.82.22.49]) by unix.infoserve.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA09276 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <35B8BDFF.6A18C7E8@infoserve.net> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:01:51 -0700 From: John Derk X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions Subject: File Systems and Disk Space Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi. A df on my system has indicated the /usr slice is at 100% of capacity (of 479,783k). I have only been running bsd for a short while. I have a win95 box with a 1.7G hd--where about 650M are allocated to bsd. I did use /stand/sysinstall to add some ports/packages, but I didn't think they were going to take up too much space. Also, there were frequent onscreen reports of some kind of error while the packages were being added. I know, I know: "WHAT error?" you ask. Unfortunately, I have no log of this to offer, but I guess it was obviously to do with running out of space, no? At any rate, this brings up the question: If a guy has about 650M to work with, wants to run freebsd 2.2.6, and basically can content himself with being able to network two PCs, run netscape (& XWindows), and learn to set up his printer, how feasable is it? Also: I plan to probably reinstall bsd from scratch, unless there is an easy way to find out what I can delete to regain the needed space. Is there? Next, a documentation question: I tried my best to find out about the above issues by checking the Handbook and manpages, etc., but could not find a comprehensive explanation. I had hoped to find info about the following: 1. How to determine optimal file system sizes for setup of /swap, /usr, and so forth 2. How to prevent overloading of various disk slices (e.g., I know cron is supposed to be something to watch out for) 3. Which files to suspect first, when the file system is at capacity. I.e, which files most commonly proliferate to the point where all space gets used up Can someone suggest a specific source that addresses any/all of the above? (The more the better, because I would like to get a detailed understanding) Thanks, John Derk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message