Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread gary
I may have missed it, but I don't think this thread would be complete without bringing up LVM. Assigning the bulk of your storage to LVM allows you to start with more small partitions and grow them over time as needed. That would get you a step closer to your accustomed FreeBSD/ZFS scheme.

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread xuser
I think a fourth of the disk should be for /var and a fourth for / and the rest for /home xu...@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org On Wed, 13 Dec 2023, jo...@sdf.org wrote: I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to see that something has gone

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread joelp
> I look at it in exactly the opposite way - it fills me with joy to > see that something has gone wild and filled a partition, and I didn't > even notice, as everything I'm doing is elsewhere, not being bothered. > [Turn on process accounting, and do a few full builds, and /var/account > will

Re: NetBSD-10.0RC

2023-12-12 Thread Todd Gruhn
OK ... back to GTX-1880. Now GLAXIU (sp?) works file. When I doomlegacy the screen goes black ; I hear shooting etc; then the box pops up and says: Mode 1920x1080. I now think the problem is specific to DOOM. What can I try -- specific to doomlegacy? On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 9:17 AM Rhialto

Re: How big should wd0e (/var) be

2023-12-12 Thread Brett Lymn
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 06:07:57PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Yes, but if / isn't the whole disk or really large, you run into the > same space issue with / that you did with /var. > Of course there are always limits but avoiding unnecessary partitioning prevents the situation of watching

Re: NetBSD-10.0RC

2023-12-12 Thread Rhialto
On Sun 10 Dec 2023 at 16:27:10 -0500, Todd Gruhn wrote: > GTX-1660 works fine with NetBSd-10.0RC1 -- I had to re-slice HD and > re-install NetBSD. > > The problem moved -- now It says /var is too small; NetBSD cannot > write dow log files. > How big should /var be on a personal computer??? I