Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 17:56:11 -0500 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OS installation Message-ID: <20020105175611.5666c1c8.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <20020105234035.B86927@tisys.org> References: <20020105185034.98254.qmail@web20610.mail.yahoo.com> <20020105160949.2e5a0e7e.matthew@starbreaker.net> <20020105234035.B86927@tisys.org>
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--=.2B'gBU/(pOzByW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 23:40:35 +0100 Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> wrote: > About the filesystems: I guess it is highly important that one gets this > right by hand. When using FreeBSD's auto-defaults, it creates filesystems > for /, /usr and /var. However, the sizing of these is weird. While I agree > with sysinstall that most space should be devoted to /usr in case only > these three filesystems are wanted, I guess that sysinstall's default of > only assigning around 19 MB for /var even on a 60 GB hard disk might soon > lead to trouble for many usage scenarios. > > So, I guess it's worthwhile to manually plan filesystem sizes and not fall > back on FreeBSD's defaults... /var is where the print and mail spools live, as well as several logs. If you're running a heavy server, either print, mail or httpd -- then you need to either have plenty of room in /var, or plan to clean it out regularly. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net GnuPG Key ID: 0x45BC4581 "Sex, Unix, and rock 'n roll" -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 G! d- s:+ a-- C+++ UB++++ P+ L+++ E W++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b++++ DI+++ D+ G++ e* h+ r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --=.2B'gBU/(pOzByW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8N4SPXG3c5kW8RYERAtdoAKCbKfCq8+iDRfV/J4kNrgPKn568bACcCAmQ 5SKfA1tlrzDFHI0dvM5r+eY= =g06v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.2B'gBU/(pOzByW-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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