> > I just got a new dedicated server setup with FreeBSD, and noticed that > the /var partition is only 260MB. That seems like it could be a big > problem, considering all the logs will go in there, as well as mail. > What should I do about this? Do I need to do an OS reload and have a > bigger /var partition made up? I've got an 80 gig hard drive, so > space isn't really an issue. Doesn't make sense to me that I've got a > 77 gig /usr partition, and only 260MB allocated to /var.
Probably it would be best. Another or additional thing to do is to have a large 'rest of the disk' partition where you move such things as /var/log and /var/spool and other things that grow in a less than planned pattern and make links to them. I think someone needs to rethink the default sizes that FreeBSD install makes the / (root), /tmp, /usr and /var partitions. The world has moved on. On the other hand, I have never taken the default sizes from the first install I tried, so... ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
