I usually set up a boot drive and a data drive thusly: /dev/hda1 / /dev/hda2 /usr /dev/hda3 /var /dev/hda4 swap
/dev/hdb1 /home Like you said, /var gets full, the system gets mad but it doesn't go down. I like to keep install files on /usr/src and everything else on /home. How you handle it doesn't matter much as long as you allocate the appropriate space for it. One of these days I'd like to try to put the swap partition in the center of the drive to see if it makes a difference in swap time swapping. See you. Bob Timothy Bolz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >Jamie >I tried the command nice. > >Can you delete the /var/log files and will they recreate themselves. I was >thinking /var/log might be taking up a bunch of space. I read some where you >should have a seperate /var partition for your logs then if /var gets full it >doesn't bring down your system. I don't think I have to worry about this but >If I was running a server I would consider it. > >I've use tha tar cf comand I'm not sure but I think it might have been you >who taught it to me. I should start taking notes and putting them into a >file of how to do something. Sometimes you only do the command once and you >can remember you did it but can't rember the how you did it. I guess that's >why man pages are there. I think that info is a little better because they >show examples. > >Again Thanks >Tim > >On Monday 10 November 2003 12:00 am, you wrote: >> Tim, >> You can find out how much each of your directories are using with the du >> command, so you might cd to /usr and issue >> du -a ./ >> then cd to /var >> du -a ./ >> also, you have log files under /var/log, these files can get really big >> over time and the info may not be of any value, so check out what you have >> under / var/log, and see if you can free up some of that too (its possible >> you have webserver logs(or whatever) that are humongous, and you dont even >> use your webserver!) check out your messages, and syslog files, they get >> new stuff all the time, if you dont need any of that info, and they are >> taking up 250 megs you might tail the last 100 lines into another file, >> then move it to the existing file... >> also check out lastlog, wtmp, they can get big, and may not be of much use >> to you (although they really can be handy if you have an intruder!) >> >> as far as the partition deal goes... lets say you have 2g of data under >> /usr, you want to make it its own partition. you have a 4 gig disk >> partition in the system as hdc1. >> >> Mount your partition as /new >> mount /dev/hdc1 /new (or edit your /etc/fstab and put it in) then mount -a >> so... do a df (this will show you disk free space, and the number of inodes >> and size (hopefully both your disks will have the same size inodes to keep >> this simple!) keep this info handy for comparison later... >> >> no first copy your data from your /usr partition to your /new partition >> heres a nice way using tar... (btw, cd to /usr first!) >> >> tar cf - . | ( cd /new ; tar xvpf -) >> now you will have a duplicate of your /usr on /new, do a du -a, and compare >> that the sizes match (just incase... it will be, but its good to double >> check incase) >> >> now, the scary part... in the /usr dir, rm -rf * >> that will wipe out your /usr dir... >> now edit your /etc/fstab to include /usr on /dev/hdc1 >> unmount /new, then mount -a >> (mount -a will mount everything in your fstab) >> >> I dont think you need anything in /usr while performing this task, so you >> probably dont need to boot the system on ramdisk (so your / partition isnt >> mounted), but if you do, Im sure someone on this list will yell at me... >> >> Jamie >> >> On Monday 10 November 2003 12:11 am, Timothy Bolz wrote: >> : I was running out of diskspace. I was sitting at 99 percent disk usage >> : and I removed some programs and got it down to 98 percent. I then >> : realized that the .deb files would be taking up space so I removed them >> : and got it down to 85 percent. I would like to get it lower. When >> : removing some files using aptitude said it could delete the programs >> : directory because it was full. There must be a way to force aptitude to >> : delete those unwanted directories. I was considering using one of the my >> : other partitions as a means of increasing the size. The question I have >> : is what directory uses up the most space and could I just mount it for >> : example /usr and would /usr use this partiton to extend itself. I have a >> : partition use for my home directories and it works great. I've just >> : noticed that's getting pretty full too. That I just have to do some >> : weeding. >> : >> : Thanks >> : Tim >> : _______________________________________________ >> : EuG-LUG mailing list >> : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug >_______________________________________________ >EuG-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-868-0331 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
