Re: Big-disk woes

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/28/05

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    "prg" <rdgentry1@cablelynx.com> wrote in message
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    > Tom F. wrote:
    >> >On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:23 -0800, Jules wrote:
    >> >Is there a reason for having such a huge boot partition?
    >> That is big, isn't it? No reason really. Maybe that's part of the
    >> problem? Doubt it but I'll try a more resonable size.
    >
    > And shrink that / partition as well -- it should be as small as
    > possible. Use more patition(s) for /temp /usr /var and /opt. Extra
    > space with a scratch partition and/or just leave some of the disk
    > unpartitioned for future use. Or read up on LVM.

    NO-NO-NO-NO-NO! Stop doing this, people. It's literally impossible to
    predict what package might next need to take up a bunch of space in a
    specific partition, such as /tmp for downloading webfiles with certain
    browsers, /opt if you decide to install Oracle tools, /var if you turn on
    heavy logging for your webserver or mail server, /usr if you start to
    compile multiple kernels, etc., etc., etc.

    It's a religious war, but the heathens who suggest making teeny-tiny little
    partitions that "protect" your system by making it overflow partitions at
    the damndest moments and forcing you to repartition your machine in the
    midst of something important are mistaken. Heathens, I say! Listen to them
    not!

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