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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 07:03:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com>
To:        sdoty@jaxx.net (Steve Doty)
Cc:        c.raven@ukonline.co.uk, andrew@cream.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: / getting a bit full.....help..
Message-ID:  <199905281203.HAA11817@iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <374DE35E.F4EDC616@jaxx.net> from Steve Doty at "May 27, 99 05:29:18 pm"

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In a previous message, Steve Doty said:
> 
> 
> "Chris R." wrote:
> > 
> > Andrew Boothman wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill Woods wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have already moved /var/log
> > > >
> > > > any more ideas......
> > >
> > > Erm. I don't know if I'm being stupid here but, /var/log isn't on the /
> > > partition, it's on the /var partition so how is moving it going to help?
> > >
> > 
> > Doesn't that depend really on whether a seperate /var partition was made
> > when the OS was installed? If it wasn't I thought it defaulted to the
> > root partition /
> > 
> > There are (I thought?) warnings about the dangers of this on heavy mail
> > using setups etc.
> > 
> > CR
> > 
> 
>  I don't think the setup has a warning about the auto partition option.
> There should be though. I have had to redo other peoples machines
> because they use that option and it only gives you about 25megs on /var
> which is not enough with logs and mail files.
>  Is there really a benefit to have different partitions on one disk
> anyway. I always set the whole drive to / minus a swap partition.

There are at least a couple of reasons to partition. 
1) when the machine takes a hit, the entire disk isn't nessarily affected.
2) You have more than one disk.
3) You have a smaller tape drive and need to make backups fit.
4) You like it that way.

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