Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:50:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave <dave@gregory.dyn.ml.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: adding drive & filesystem facelift Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980616222209.13762A-100000@gregory.dyn.ml.org>
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As I am finding myself running out of /var and swap space, I would like to redo my current setup. I have a 3 Gigger and 850 meg: #df -k Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0s1a 31775 16754 12479 57% / /dev/wd0s1f 2864414 967950 1667311 37% /usr /dev/wd0s1e 29727 12828 14521 47% /var procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc /dev/wd2c 805199 155051 585733 21% /usr/src #cat /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/wd0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/wd0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/wd0s1f /usr ufs rw 1 1 /dev/wd0s1e /var ufs rw 1 1 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 /dev/wd2c /usr/src ufs rw 1 1 Via symlinks I was able to decrease my /var usage to a manageable level. Currently /usr has backups on it and 32% used is a more accurate estimate. I intend to repartition the 850 and use it for /var, /usr/src/, a swap partition, and possibly /home (from /usr/home). I think I can muddle through most of this, but I have some concerns and questions. I believe that somebody confirmed that FreeBSD will use more than one swap partititions - are there any special concerns here or do I just create a swap partition, add an fstab entry and be done with it? Secondly, what the heck to I do about the old /var currently mounted on /dev/wd0s1e? I really want to avoid repartioning that drive. Thirdly, and this idea was brought on by an earlier thread, am I better off with a real /home rather than /usr/home? This seems advantageous to me (and I'm really not trying to start a debate). Lastly, am I overlooking a better solution? I'm thinking that maybe I can implement some sort of optimization strategy in which I spread the filesystems over the two disks to increase speed by utilizing my disks more efficiently. Clearly this would have been much easier if I had both disks installed when I installed FreeBSD, but if someone has a suggestion, please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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