Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote: I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm partition, so i can grow it as needed. 20G? Yikes, I think I have individual directories that are almost that large. Then again, I think the oldest files I have here are from 1995ish.

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
if it's the last partition on the disk, you can resize the partition and then grow the filesystem. there are options. however, lvm is so good I almost always use it. On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:3

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:30:12 -0700 James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm > partition, so i can grow it as needed. I don't use LVM because I try to limit layers of complexity. So what I do is when a directory under /home/slitt get

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
Nope. If you run out of space you have to add space to the logical volume and then grow the filesystem. Though I'm sure there's some tool to help with that. On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:50 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > yeah, I'm a making mine LVM too. doe

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
yeah, I'm a making mine LVM too. does it increase size automatically or what? On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:31 PM Michael wrote: > > thanks James > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm > >

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
thanks James On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm partition, > so i can grow it as needed. > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:28 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> does 50,000 MB sound big

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
I generally go with 20 gigs for my homedir. but i make it an lvm partition, so i can grow it as needed. On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:28 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > does 50,000 MB sound big enough? > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:22 PM Michael wrote: > > >

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
does 50,000 MB sound big enough? On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:22 PM Michael wrote: > > well, I wanted a separate partition fo home > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:21 PM Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > Probably larger than a megabyte but smaller than 15 petabytes. Maybe. > > > > > On Jul

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
well, I wanted a separate partition fo home On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:21 PM Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Probably larger than a megabyte but smaller than 15 petabytes. Maybe. > > > On Jul 10, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > > > How big does a file system p

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Probably larger than a megabyte but smaller than 15 petabytes. Maybe. > On Jul 10, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > How big does a file system partiion need to be? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list

partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
How big does a file system partiion need to be? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss