Thanks for the reply Ed! That was about my fourth post on that question. I back up regularly to network via FTP to WinXP boxen and CD-RWs (Samba isn't working, see other post) so it sounds like I really want a clean install with the proper sizes, then restore the data, changes, etc.
> > Does anyone have better recommended sizes for partitions for the following: > > No. Only you know what your systems are used for and what the impact should > be if a given partition fills vs the tradeoff of wasting space (since each > partition will have dedicated extra space). I personally like fewer > partitions, but that's because I know what my systems are used for and have > made my own tradeoffs. For my home server, I have a *lot* less partitions. > Only you know how hostile your users are - ie, do they tend to gobble up > disk space or are they more reasonable? Do they care if they fill your disks? > Do they use massive amounts of storage one day and none the next? Do they > clean up after themselves? Do they leave their mail lying around (eg, imap) > or do the delete it right away (eg, pop)? I was wondering primarily about the /usr filesystem -- how big with a bunch of apps could it really get, say one of each of the best (like one, not 3 SSH Servers, one, not two FTP Servers, etc.) of all apps at doing anything -- could you hazard a guess as to how much GB might be used? Is 9GB reasonable or is that too small? I'd like to keep the filesystems which don't change much at between 50% to 75% full, and have the ones that do change much pretty much empty <10% full. I'll quota the /home, /var/spool/mail, /tmp, /usr/tmp, /var/tmp, /var/www filesystems, so no real prob there -- but I would expect hostile users, so any insight there would be helpful. I'll get another 60 or 80 GB drive when this one's full, then another, then another. > > What is a reiserfs? > > http://www.reiserfs.org 'k...ty. > > BTW, why is this info not in HOWTOs or man pages? > > There is information in the Red Hat supplied documentation on how systems could > be partitioned But I am to understand that there is no resize tool like resize2fs for ext3 filesystems, then, nor is the procedure documented other than general fdisk, which is not exactly the same as resize? I dunno, it just seemed lacking where that point could have been clarified. I may have more strongly considered ext2, although I don't think I'll change it anyway.... Thanks Again Ed!! Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
