Re: bloating file system
yeah, i see your point. i put /usr /home and /boot on their own partitions.
/var was left on root. lesson learned. interesting.
thanks!
At 16 April 2003, Matthias Hentges <eebe@gmx.net> wrote:
>Am Mit, 2003-04-16 um 21.45 schrieb Harland Christofferson:
>> you are precisely correct! /var/log/syslog and /var/log/debug were
>> titantic in size! furthermore, tons-o-email error messages in
/var/spool
>> ..
>
>That's the reason people are urged to put at least /var/log, /tmp and
>/home on its own partition. This way your / wont fill up when "shit
>happens" and the system keeps running.
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