If you want to see how full things are at a shell prompt type:
df[Enter]
It will list things with % full. If you are using KDE then there's a
kdiskfree app in one of the menus. It's a slick GUI of df =)
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] /, /usr, and /opt?
> Hi Denis, I set up a server for our office of 15 clients using Mandrake
7.0,
> it will be used for filesharing and web browsing. There is no need for
email
> or printer sharing because each Netscape client POP's their mail from an
> account w/ our web host and everyone has their own rinter. We may add a
> calendaring/scheduling app like Netscape Collaborator or Lotus Notes in
the
> future. Our server is a IBM Netfinity 3000 (PII350, 128 meg, 9.1 gig
SCSI-2).
> I just installed a few nights ago and have no problem re-installing if I
am
> way off on the partitions, since the server is not in use right now.
>
> I currently have it set with:
>
> /boot - 20 megs
> /tmp - 200 megs
> /var - 200 megs
> / - 500 megs
> /usr - 1,500 megs
> /home - 6,200 megs
> swap - 257 megs
>
> 1) When you say that /tmp and /var can get quite big, how large should I
make
> them?
> 2) Should I make a /usr/local or /opt partition for software added later?
> 3) What command will allow me to see how full / or any other partition is
> after my install?
>
> Any advice wold be greatly appreciated,
>
> Victor Richardson
>
> Denis Havlik wrote:
>
> > As a matter of fact, I find "default" sizes chosen by mandrake install
> > program very good for a desktop machine. Especially having /home as a
big
> > separate partition.
> >
> > On a server, /tmp and /var COULD take quite a lot of space, on a desktop
> > it is mostly /usr, /home and maybe /opt.
> >
> > Denis
>
>
