On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:32:55AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I've found my current disk set up to be quite satisfactory until today > when I couldn't pick up mail. /var had run out of space. /var/share is > new as of tonight to deal with an otherwise quite usable disk > configuration. I believe I came up with these > numbers from a Red Hat book, although many people have included their disk > partition sizes on their web sites. I know only of the linux laptop site, > but many of the people who've contributed info have included disk > partition information: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > > Here's mine: > emmajane@debian:~$ df -h (-h = human readable sizes) > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 464M 28M 412M 7% / > /dev/hda3 4.6G 2.1G 2.4G 47% /home > /dev/hda5 2.3G 1.3G 901M 60% /usr > /dev/hda6 464M 108M 333M 25% /var > /dev/hda7 2.8G 46M 2.6G 2% /usr/local > /dev/hda9 46M 13M 31M 30% /tmp > /dev/hda10 2.3G 334M 1.9G 15% /var/cache
> So today I filled up /var. "apt-get autoclean" sometimes helps there, too. > I used the following resources: > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/ch-disk-storage.html > (There are four or five pages there which you'll want to read. Just use > the next button until you get to the beginning of the next section.) > > Hopefully this was helpful for someone. :) sooner or later, it will be. with luck, we'll find (and keep) more folks like you. keep posting. sharing knowledge -- that's what it's all about! -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #68 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : So you've installed Debian/GNU Linux -- NOW WHAT? For some pointers, FAQ and unix/linux lists, visit Unix Guru's Universe site at http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=help.beginners There's a lot of handy links there to keep you off the streets for quite some time. (I found this page from a link on http://arizona.speedchoice.com/~lufthans/unix/ -- thanks, der.hans!) Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
