From: "Travis Roth" <travis@travisroth.com>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: RE: hard drive usage advice
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:21:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <NFBBINPGILGJMNMOICJEKEEOCJAA.travis@travisroth.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020630160400.A6078@linwin.com>
Hi Rafael,
Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately the thing is already installed and configured, hate to go to the work of wiping all things out again. Will wait till it is necessary I guess.
I do agree on the defaults though, not good ones now that I understand what they actually are...
There wouldn't happen to be any way to repartition without losing stuff, a Partition Magic for Linux?
Thanks.
** Travis Roth
www.TravisRoth.com
travis@travisroth.com
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:04 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: hard drive usage advice
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 09:00:46PM -0500, Travis Roth wrote:
> Hi all,
> I need some pointers of where to read more about Linux's disk drive management.
>
> I installed RedHat 7.3 on and asked it to be installed using the server configuration. This appears to have partitioned the drive into 6 partitions. (I allowed it to partition according to the installer's defaults.)
> Of concern to me is /dev/hda2 has 20GB of space alocated and it is assigned to the /usr directory.
> /dev/hda3 has about 8GB and is assigned to /home.
Never use defaults, they are bad.
I use:
/ 150MB
swap (RAM x 2)
/usr 2GB
/var 200 - 500 MB
/tmp 100 - 350 MB
/home the rest of the drive
That makes it easy to upgrade or reinstall the OS without wiping out /home
for users.
No need for any other partitions IMO.
> The /home directory is where all my accounts are and where lots of files
> will be stored. How can I keep it from running out of space? Will Linux
> automatically switch to another partition for /home when /dev/hda3 fills up?
> Thanks!
You need to partition the drive for the functionality you intend to use
your server for. That means repartition it with smaller /usr and bigger
/home
The OS will not automaticaly use space on different partitions. It's not
windows to write all over the place.
>
> ** Travis Roth
> www.TravisRoth.com
> travis@travisroth.com
--
Rafael
The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant.
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