Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-14 Thread Greg Troxel
Benny Siegert writes: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 3:52 AM wrote: >> p.s. NetBSD does have ZFS, but I haven't tried it, and I seem to recall >> some discussion of stability issues. > > I have been using it for a few years, never had any stability issues. > However, root on ZFS remains a bit

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-14 Thread Benny Siegert
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 3:52 AM wrote: > p.s. NetBSD does have ZFS, but I haven't tried it, and I seem to recall > some discussion of stability issues. I have been using it for a few years, never had any stability issues. However, root on ZFS remains a bit challenging IIRC. I put ZFS on /usr

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-13 Thread John McCue
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 Sticking it in / just makes a lot of sense (sp?) ... Up to you :)

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread gary
I may have missed it, but I don't think this thread would be complete without bringing up LVM. Assigning the bulk of your storage to LVM allows you to start with more small partitions and grow them over time as needed. That would get you a step closer to your accustomed FreeBSD/ZFS scheme.

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread xuser
I think a fourth of the disk should be for /var and a fourth for / and the rest for /home xu...@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org On Wed, 13 Dec 2023, jo...@sdf.org wrote: I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to see that something has gone

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread joelp
> I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to > see that something has gone wild and filled a partition, and I didn't > even notice, as everything I'm doing is elsewhere, not being bothered. > [Turn on process accounting, and do a few full builds, and /var/account > will

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread Brett Lymn
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 06:07:57PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Yes, but if / isn't the whole disk or really large, you run into the > same space issue with / that you did with /var. > Of course there are always limits but avoiding unnecessary partitioning prevents the situation of watching

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??