From: C. Michailidis > [sysinstall FS sizing defaults] > > <...> Isn't it safe to make some of the default sizes a > wee bit larger? That is, a 256mb /tmp and /var doesn't seem > "appropriate" if you have one of these massive modern disk > drives. For christ's sake, I'd gladly give up a GB or two of > /usr so I could build openoffice without needing to consider > that I may need an extra few megabytes in /var at the time of > the system install. > <...> > > Wouldn't it be smart to remove the hardcoded default sizes > altogether and dynamically generate them according to a > reasonable function?
Probably, but a template for something like this isn't simple unless it's created as part of a general profile-based installer that would inform sysinstall of the machine's purpose in life. For example, a "workstation or Windows replacement" would need several extra GB in /usr whereas a server would get away with a much smaller /usr, but need those extra file-systems for logs, spools and other data. There are, however, some basic constants: If /usr, /var and /home are on another file-system, / doesn't need to be more than 150-200 MB. There just isn't that much in the root file-system. Assuming the default log retention and no spooling, /var will likely never grow past 50MB. Adding a mail, web, db or log server or increasing log retention will go well past that mark, but then such servers should have subordinate file-systems to handle the extra data. What comes with the OS will take less than 300MB in /usr. /usr/src and /usr/obj eat around 500 MB each. /usr/local eats around 1 GB for most servers and 3 GB on a desktop. /usr/X11R6 is empty if X isn't installed, the base Xorg server package is a few hundred MB and a desktop can need several GB. /usr/ports should have 1-2 GB just for distfiles on a desktop built from ports and 3 GB for work if you're building something huge, like KDE. I size /usr/ports to 6 GB on my desktop machines. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
