Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:19:34 -0600 From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Cc: David Reid <dreid@jetnet.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Size of / partition? Message-ID: <20011230111934.B2658@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <3C2E1803.790A8D50@ntlworld.com>; from ianjhart@ntlworld.com on Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 07:22:43PM %2B0000 References: <009501c18ff7$ef17c110$7500a8c0@goliath> <3C2E1803.790A8D50@ntlworld.com>
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 07:22:43PM +0000, ian j hart wrote: > (IDE) disk space is very cheap. > dump, repartition and restore is a right royal PITA. > FreeBSD systems are long lived. > > So pick a number and double it. I've been using > 256Mb for some time. A minimal install will just > fit in 128Mb, at least last time I checked. This > gives you an alternative to the live file system > CD if your disk gets trashed, and you want to > attempt a repair. > > I usually do my vinum systems this way. What He Said, except more so. After all, nothing exceeds like excess, and I have never had any problems with my "/" filesystem: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 1016303 112419 822580 12% / /dev/ad0s1e 26797218 2463400 22190041 10% /usr /dev/ad0s1f 1045359 64971 896760 7% /var /dev/ad1s1e 28976945 19553594 7105196 73% /home /dev/da0s1a 1206685 14131 1096020 1% /da0s1a /dev/da1s1a 1206685 384453 725698 35% /da1s1a /dev/da2s1a 1206685 7177 1102974 1% /da2s1a /dev/da3s1a 1206685 7177 1102974 1% /da3s1a linprocfs 4 4 0 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc I grant that not everyone has this sort of space available, but when I went to Best Buy yesterday, I saw 60 GB drives for sale at US$159.99 each. Prices are way, way down from only a year ago. -- Mike Andrews mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin since 1964 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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