Re: [tlug] how filesystem works?

[Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@example.com>]

Curt Sampson wrote:
>     root    64-128 MB
>     tmp        128-1024 MB    mfs
>     /usr    2-4 GB
>     /var    0.5-2 GB    nosuid
>     /home    2-8 GB        nosuid,nodev
>     /u        remainder    nosuid,nodev
This is something I never understood. Someone told me to put /var in its 
own partition because if it fills us (with log files, or whatever) it 
will crowd out other stuff and make the computer unusable. I did that, 
and then /var filled up, syslog  and cron complained about not being 
able to write files and the whole computer froze up. Now I put /var 
inside / and haven't had any problems.

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Stuart (no sig in stupid windows)