On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 07:26:29AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: > Hey guys, > Am trying to set up KVM on my Lenny AMD64 box and need recommendations > from those who have set up KVM regarding storage memory. > > Following is my df -h: > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 662M 252M 376M 41% / > tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 1008K 9.1M 10% /dev > tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda9 216G 51G 155G 25% /home > /dev/sda8 373M 11M 343M 3% /tmp > /dev/sda5 4.6G 3.7G 726M 84% /usr > /dev/sda6 2.8G 393M 2.3G 15% /var > > As you can see I have 2.3 G avail. in /var and want to install WXP > virtually. > Would also, at a later date, want to possibly play w. Fedora or some other > Linux distro for grins. > > What are recommendations for increasing memory in /var or what would > you do in this case. I have been recommended to even use a symlink from > the storage area to a location where I have sufficient memory as in > /home but > am concerned about debian's hierarchical limitations in that. > > TIA for any recommendations.
My recommendation is to not make so many partitions if you don't know the proper amounts to assign to each for your needs. /var is where databases and other large data ends up after all. You could put your virtual machines in /home if you want. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100330144953.gv4...@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca