Re: Error loading operating system
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:56:12 +0100
Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:12:37 -0500, Celejar wrote in message
> <[🔎] 20101115211237.ad4d60f6.celejar@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:08:42 +0100
> > Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:02 -0400, Stefan wrote in message
> > > <jwvab2n5p8a.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.user@gnu.org>:
> > >
> > > > > sda1 / 10Gb
> > >
> > > ..overkill.
> > >
> > > > > sda2 /usr 10Gb
> > >
> > > ..unless this is a single purpose server,
> > > you will want much more, e.g. 50G.
> >
> > 50Gb for /usr?! Why?!
>
> ..I installed _everything_ until Lenny, and
> played around and reported mostly conflict
> bugs. And, Sid provides a softer growth than
> the dist-upgrade disk usage shocks. ;o)
>
> ..most people will want "comfy space" to play
> around in and learn, these days that's easily
> 20GB, and for your next machine in say 5 years,
> easily 50GB.
This still seems very high. My /usr currently uses 2GB, and while I
admit I'm pretty parsimonious, I really don't see the point in 20.
HDDs are large today, but my machine only has 60.
> > > > > sda3 /var 10 Gb
> > >
> > > ..for a server, you want much more, I use
> > > 22G for a lan web server.
> >
> > Why? What's in your var?
>
> .. mount points for /var/www and var/log
> (22GB and 2.2GB), 1.6GB in var/tmp,
> 1.3GB in /var/lib, 179MB in /var/cache and
> 120MB in /var/mail, to name the big ones.
Yes, I understand a few GB for /var/log, but many webservers aren't
serving anything close to 20 GB of content.
Celejar
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