On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:25, you wrote: > I am begining to see the benfits of a seperate partition for /var & > /home or both. > twice now my system has ground to a halt when /var has filled up ! Yes that's very good advice. imho a normal home machine should have /var of no more than 50 to 100 Megs or so. Enough for a few days of log files, mail and print spools, and that's about all.
I tried to set up my Gentoo install like that back in the days of 1.1a, but for reasons for which I didn't research the install barfed. Did you look for the reason your /var partition filled up? I suspect that some total bounder of a cur somewhere out there in the big bad world has done a DOS attack on your machine, thus filling your /var with huge log files. That would account for your horrific traffic bill. What's the distribution? Have you got any form of server running? Have you got a firewall? Have you got any of the contents of the /var partition? If so, bring it on Monday. > Oh and this will make you all laugh or cry (both happened in this > household I assure you ) - my latest jetstream bill - wait for it: > $60,0000 last month! - 291GB! (about 1G of which I can account for) > So if anyone thinnks they can help me get to the bottom of the > 'situation' or if anyone has a better bill than that I would be most > anxious to speak with then on monday night! > Cheers all, > Chris > (the soon to be bankrupt) For goodness sake consult a lawyer _soon_ & get into a conversation with Telecom about it. If at all possible, you want to try to avoid having a bankruptcy against your name. It will make getting loans in the future _very_ difficult, if not almost impossible. You have my sincerest sympathy. > Brad Beveridge wrote: > >Safety - generally (under gentoo) /boot is not mounted, or only mounted > > RO. So you will always be able to boot. However, since I have > > (repeatedly) dumped bzImage files into /boot _without_ it being mounted, > > I now mount my /boot partition in fstab. So much for safety. So I spose > > you can get away with a single partition, as long as your boot loader > > functions. What I mean, if you are using GRUB as a bootloader, your boot > > partition must be a filesystem it understands. > > > >Brad > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:57 p.m. > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >> > >> > >>What is the advantage of having a small boot partition. I > >>boot my Debian > >>system from a 5.4 GB partitions without any problems. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Conrad. > >> > >>Brad Beveridge wrote: > >>>I began installing gentoo on a laptop last night, my partitions are > >>>/dev/hda1 - ntfs (gah) /dev/hda2 - ext3, boot region, 30Mb > >> > >>(only needs > >> > >>>to be large enough to fit 1 bzImage really) /dev/hda3 - > >> > >>500Mb swap (you > >> > >>>can use your Debian swap) /dev/hda4 - reiserfs for the rest. > >> > >> - reiser > >> > >>>or ext3 is reccommended > >>> > >>>Brad > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:49 p.m. > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Sorry, but I won't make it to the meeting on Monday. This is > >>>>particularly bad, because I won't be there for the test run of our > >>>>Gentoo install fest next Saturday. My laptop is booting > >>>>Nick's CD and I > >>>>can get my NIC working. Is there anything else that could > >> > >>go wrong or > >> > >>>>that I should check? > >>>> > >>>>Chris mentioned in one of his posts that 3 partitions are > >>>>needed for the > >>>>Gentoo install. What do they have to look like (size, type) > >>>>and what're > >>>>they used for. On my current Debian system I've 1 swap and > >> > >>1 ext2 (/) > >> > >>>>partition. For data I've got a FAT32 partition that I access > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>from Linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>and Windows. > >>>> > >>>>Cheers, > >>>>Conrad. > >>>> > >>>>Nick Rout wrote: > >>>>>/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start > >>>>> > >>>>>please don't post html to the list if you can help it. > >>>>> > >>>>>Its odd that the /etc/init.d/local script does not load the 3c59x > >>>>>module. > >>>>> > >>>>>the script cycles through all the available net modules > >> > >>and tries to > >> > >>>>>insmod them. If one (perhaps the de4x5) hangs then it may give the > >>>>>symptoms you observe. > >>>>> > >>>>>can you give me the output of lsmod before and after you > >>>> > >>>>load the 3c59x > >>>> > >>>>>module? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:55:19 +0200 > >>>>> > >>>>>Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>Sorry, this was supposed to go to the list, not only to > >>>> > >>>>Chris. Conrad. > >>>> > >>>>>>-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gentoo > >>>> > >>>>installfest ISO files > >>>> > >>>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:43:52 +0200 > >>>>>>From: Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>>To: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>>References: > >>>> > >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><200306232109.39787.csawt > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><2 > >>> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>>>>>I've tried it again and waited at least 20 min this time, > >>>> > >>>>but there is > >>>> > >>>>>>neither network nor CD activity. With the boot option 'nonet' this > >>>>>>doesn't occur. I then get to the CL and can load 3c59x, but > >>>> > >>>>I've no idea > >>>> > >>>>>>how to start the network skript. Is there an equivalent to > >>>> > >>>>the Debian > >>>> > >>>>>>'/etc/init.d/networking start'? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Cheers, > >>>>>>Conrad. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:09, Conrad Wolf wrote: > >>>>>>>>Thanks Chris! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>I've downloaded the iso (checksum was ok) and burned it. When > >>>>>>>>booting with the CD I get a boot promt, but then during > >> > >>the boot > >> > >>>>>>>>process the box freezes. The last output is something like > >>>>>>>>'Searching for de4x5'. I googled for it and found that > >>>> > >>>>de4x5 must be > >>>> > >>>>>>>>a nic module. That's somewhat obscure, because I've got a > >>>> > >>>>3Com card > >>>> > >>>>>>>>which normally uses 3c59x.o. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>So does my machine and it works ok. > >>>>>>>How long did you wait? > >>>>>>>That phase takes quite a long time. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Cheers, > >>>>>>>>Conrad. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>>>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:01, Conrad Wolf wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>Sorry to ask, but how can I download from a http url in binary > >>>>>>>>>>mode? When I downloaded the iso with Mozilla, the > >> > >>checksum and > >> > >>>>>>>>>>even the file size didn't match. For ftp I normally use > >>>> > >>>>the gftp > >>>> > >>>>>>>>>>package, but I couldn't connect to the http url with it. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>I've found the command line utility wget to be pretty well > >>>>>>>>>bombproof > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>wget http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/dl/gentoo-distcc-clug-0.2.iso > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>-- > >>>>>>>>>C. S. > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Nick Rout > >>>>>Barrister & Solicitor > >>>>>Christchurch, NZ > >>>>>Ph +64 3 3798966 > >>>>>Fax + 64 3 3798853 > >>>>>http://www.rout.co.nz > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- C. S.
