On Monday 17 April 2006 16:59, Brendan Grossman wrote: > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons > > > > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After some thought, > > > here's what I'm planning on doing... > > > > > > Disk is 73gb scsi... > > > > > > / 500mb > > > swap 4gb > > > /var 4gb > > > /usr 4gb > > > /home remainder (about 60gb) > > > > > > then /var/db/mysql -> /home/mysql > > > > > > and /tmp on swap > > > > > > Any possible issues with this? > > > > I think it unlikely that mounting /tmp on the swap partition > > will work, because swap isn't a filesystem in the usual sense > > of the word. > > http://users.rcn.com/rneswold/fbsd-init.html#AEN258
I stand corrected. I can still envision problems if tmp files use enough space to prevent a memory swap. Running out of swap space is not healthy. David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"