Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Greg Troxel
Brett Lymn writes: > Sure, there are some instances where separating /var and /var/tmp and > even /var/mail are a good thing but it really isn't a must do. Agreed; I didn't mean to say it was mandatory. I was objecting to "it's never a good idae". >> correct size for /var depends on what you

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Brett Lymn
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 09:54:32AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: > > That's a matter of opinion. Traditional practice was to separate it, > to protect / from filling up, and to keep fs churn on / down for greater > likelihood of things being ok. > Well, yes, definitely a matter of opinion but the

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Martin Husemann
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 11:22:31AM -0500, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > The correct size is "not on its own partition". Why not have /var > > along with / on the same filesystem? > > Thanks -- /var on wd0e was given to me -- by install.sh What is install.sh? > On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 9:54?AM xuser

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Todd Gruhn
> The correct size is "not on its own partition". Why not have /var > along with / on the same filesystem? Thanks -- /var on wd0e was given to me -- by install.sh Sticking it in / just makes a lot of sense (sp?) ... On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 9:54 AM xuser wrote: > > If you have room 1GB at

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread xuser
If you have room 1GB at least. xu...@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org On Mon, 11 Dec 2023, Todd Gruhn wrote: My /var is currently 32MB ... I keep getting errors when I reboot system. Correct size for a personal system is what??

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Greg Troxel
Benny Siegert writes: > The correct size is "not on its own partition". Why not have /var > along with / on the same filesystem? That's a matter of opinion. Traditional practice was to separate it, to protect / from filling up, and to keep fs churn on / down for greater likelihood of things

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Benny Siegert
The correct size is "not on its own partition". Why not have /var along with / on the same filesystem? -- Benny On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 3:31 PM Todd Gruhn wrote: > > My /var is currently 32MB ... > > I keep getting errors when I reboot system. > > Correct size for a personal system is what??

How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-11 Thread Todd Gruhn
My /var is currently 32MB ... I keep getting errors when I reboot system. Correct size for a personal system is what??