I try to get partitons right the first time, since moving them about sucks.
i usualy have 7 partions as follows on my workstation hda: /mnt/windows yeah, I dual boot..... /var This tends to be always in use.... swap Ditto hdc: /boot I do this out of habit, probably don't need it. / System config and tools /usr User software /home My stuff! It's almost always a good idea to give /home it's own partition, since if you decide to install a new distro, you don't kill your personal config and stuff. On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 11:57:39PM -0800, ME wrote: > Things you may want to move to other partitions (in common order): YMMV > /usr/local (My first choice) > /home (If you have lots of users...) > /var (a potential rat hoel with web docs and log files...) > /var/log ( on a busy server, this can amount to lots of used space) > /var/www ( " " web " " " ") > /tmp ( useful for gimp (etc) to have a tmp not on "/" I just link /tmp to /var/tmp > /usr ( Some distros even put stuff in /usr/sbin and /usr/bin > that is needed for booting, so this is questionable.) > /boot ( shown last since it often has very little data if sep > partition is used for it.) > > Things you probably DONT want to move to other partitions (keep on "/") > (Most important to keep to least important): > / (of course... heh) > /etc (Need this for /etc/fstab for one....) > /lib (Where are your modules stored?) > /sbin (bad one to take away...) > /dev (devfs reason shy this not as important) > /bin (Some distros need stuff here to get other fs up too...) > > Many of these last parts (depending on distro) have "things" required by > the system during boot in order to get other filesystems mounted/usable. > > Also, when you copy stuff, be sure to play with : > # cp -ar > or > # cp -aR (when copying device special b,c,f, etc files) > > Short-term solutions: > del core files, > visit any open src trees and make clean them, > look through each user's account and destroy netscape cache's (or other > borwser caches), > find and eliminate emacs backup files *~, > > You get the picture... > > Hope this helps. > > -ME > > P.S. hope this e-mail does not put you over 100% ;-) > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-----) C++$(++++) U++++$(+$) P+$>+++ > L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ !PGP > t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++>++++ h(++)>+ r*>? z? > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went > > ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called > > bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin > > and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. > > > > Then I rebooted. > > > > Shit. > > > > This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has > > any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks > > that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or > > eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% > > capacity. > > > > > > > > Sliante, > > Richard S. Crawford > > > > http://www.mossroot.com > > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > > > "Push the button, Max!" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech