On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 17:36, Rick Moen wrote: > > You forgot to say (1) how much space is _occupied_ (counting only files > you care about, e.g., not including logfiles) on those filesystems, and > (2) how much space is available elsewhere for temporary storage.
I forgot. Sorry... > _Important note_: Debian's prepackaged 2.4 kernels rely heavily on > initial RAMdisk (initrd) support, which their 2.2 kernels did not. > During installation of the above kernel images, you'll be warned about > the need to alter your bootloader to furnish a path to the initrd, > before rebooting. It's vital that you _not_ ignore that warning. Here's > my /etc/lilo.conf: > > lba32 > boot=/dev/sda > root=/dev/sda5 > #install=/boot/boot.b > install=menu > map=/boot/map > delay=20 > vga=normal > default=linux > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-old > label=linuxold > read-only > optional > > Notice the "initrd=" line: I had to insert that when I started using a > 2.4 kernel. (My "linuxold" kernel is a tried-and-true 2.2 one, which > doesn't rely on an inital RAMdisk for booting.) Ok, I'll check this out. But I'll be building my own kernel-2.4.20 from source. > Anyhow, "80% of the hard disk capacity" wouldn't tell me much even if > you were talking about how much space your _files_ on /home were taking > up, instead of the filesystem's total size. What matters is how much > byte count you need to find temporary storage for, and how much free > space you have to put it there. Let me give you an example from my own > system: - - - < s n i p > - - - Thanks, Rick. =) --- MARVIN T. PASCUAL E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. No. +63 2 9252053 Mobile No. +63 919 3141254 Yahoo! Messenger ID: bintut GNU/Linux User No. 247127 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
