On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:12:46 +0200
Vitali <coonar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM, lilit-aibolit
> <lilit-aibo...@mail.ru> wrote:
> > Hi misc. Here is newbee question.
> > I have disk with unused space:
> >
> > # disklabel -p g wd0
> > B k: B B B B B B 18.1G B B B B 40266255 B 4.2BSD B 2048
> > 16384 B
> B 1 # /home
> >
> [some text is cut]
> >
> > In /var I store some sites for apache and need more space for it.
> > How can I use unused space B for /var or it will be used
> > automatically when /var reaches capacity 100%?
> >
>
> Yeah, this is a newbie question. Really.
> Next time do not use the "a" option in the installer, just try to
> think logically and _strategically_.
> First add the "a" partiton, mark it "/" 512mb is more that enough.
> Second - b this is SWAP. You available RAM * 2 == SWAP. But is't not
> always true, just depends on the tasks the machine will be running.
> So, I use this formula not every time I install the OS, for example in
> my note the RAM is 2gb, but SWAP is 1gb. Well, it's a matter of
> philosophy and empirics you know... :)
>
> Third - "d" partition assign it to /usr; the size, coming again,
> depends on your tasks. It maybe 80% of the space left available, or
> more, or less...
> Fourth - "e" - /var - the rest of the space left after the /usr
> partition assigning...
And, just in a case, have an f partition available, and name
it /backup, to rsync your most valuable data there. such way
you will be able to have consistent dumps of your data.
remember - binaries are nothning, the data is everything.
--
With best regards,
Gregory Edigarov
