on Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:07:03PM +0100, Gerard Robin (jag.robin18@wanadoo.fr) wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a problem with my partition /var which seems to be too small.
> When it is full my system deosn't work fine, for example: fetchmail can't
> download my messages in /var/mail/mylogin.
> To solve the problem temporarily, I have removed the biggest files in
> /var/log/.
> How can I solve this problem neatly ?
> Thinks in advance for your reply or for a link which gives me a hint
> for good solution ?
>
> "df -h" displays :
>
> Sys. de fich. Tail. Occ. Disp. %Occ. Mont? sur
> /dev/hda2 464M 139M 302M 32% /
Since you've split out everything else, / can shrink to ~150 MiB or so.
The biggest thing to go in there are your kernel modules, under
/lib/modules. Keep your installed kernel count low (1-2) and you'll be
OK. For a while.
> tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda3 3,2G 1,7G 1,4G 55% /usr
Good size. I tend to shoot for 3-4 GiB for /usr these days.
> /dev/hda6 92M 22K 87M 1% /tmp
Small, but perfectly serviceable so long as you don't try burning CDs
(some burners build temporary ISOs in /tmp).
> /dev/hda7 464M 411M 29M 94% /var
I shoot for ~1-2 GiB /var. You can slide to about 750 MiB without
frequent problems. Otherwise, clean your cache frequently. "apt-get
autoclean" cronned nightly may help.
Also check your logrotate configuration. Rotate frequently
(daily/weekly), keep few old logs (2-4), and compress old logs. Might
check to see if logfiles are growing out out of hand, and if so, why.
Track down and fix those errors.
> /dev/hda8 1,9G 530M 1,2G 31% /home
Looks like you've only got ~6 GiB on this disk. If you can at all
afford it, buy more disk. It's ~US$1/GiB, you can almost certainly
afford it.
Peace.
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