/var sizing on Debian: ~1GB

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Post #96,386

by kmself

4/13/03 4:58:27 PM

/var sizing on Debian: ~1GB

Gives you a fairly comfortable margin. I'm using 55% on a pretty fresh install. If you're packing a lot of stuff (databases, etc.) into /var, either give more room, or mount additional filesystems there. Probably RAID and/or striped.

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Post #96,452

by drewk

4/14/03 8:20:57 AM

1G for /var? hahahahaha

This is a 4-year-old (at least) system with a total HD of IIRC 3.2G. Ain't no way system catalogs should take 1/3 of that.

BTW I've now given up on stripping the Knoppix HD install down to what I like. Every time I try something else breaks. I'm not surprised that, to get such a phenomenal system booting from a CD, they had to change so much, but I would question whether you can even call what's left a real Debian system any more. When I can't do apt-get install gdm without breaking it ... Oh, and don't get me started on the whole locales issue.

Bottom line, lessons learned:

If you're going to install Knoppix, and plan to be able to keep the system updated, start from the most recent version.
If you actually know what you want on your system, you're better off not installing Knoppix.
If you have a preference for Gnome or KDE, it's better to know that when you install the system. And use an install method that gives you the appropriate option.

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That's it, I've had it - (drewk) - (18) - April 10, 2003, 12:57:39 PM EDT

Bye bye, 168 days uptime, bye bye RedHat -NT - (drewk) - (4) - April 10, 2003, 01:51:34 PM EDT

Keep notes, Drew. - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - April 10, 2003, 11:22:30 PM EDT

Well, you wouldn't want to follow the current procedure - (drewk) - (2) - April 11, 2003, 08:45:56 AM EDT

You can always serve as a useful purpose to the world as... - (kmself) - (1) - April 11, 2003, 12:56:20 PM EDT

Seeming more true by the minute - (drewk) - April 11, 2003, 01:05:07 PM EDT

Hey try my Idea.... shown: - (folkert) - (9) - April 10, 2003, 02:15:03 PM EDT

Used your other one: installed from Knoppix - (drewk) - (8) - April 10, 2003, 02:34:34 PM EDT

Man, there's a lot to prune - (drewk) - (7) - April 10, 2003, 03:05:58 PM EDT

Re: Man, there's a lot to prune - (pwhysall) - (6) - April 10, 2003, 04:21:45 PM EDT

What exactly is the difference? - (drewk) - (5) - April 10, 2003, 04:51:35 PM EDT

Re: What exactly is the difference? - (pwhysall) - (4) - April 10, 2003, 04:55:22 PM EDT

OK - (drewk) - April 10, 2003, 04:56:38 PM EDT

Why does it keep generating locales? - (drewk) - April 10, 2003, 04:59:41 PM EDT

Oops, dupe -NT - (drewk) - April 10, 2003, 05:00:42 PM EDT

Another method - (drewk) - April 14, 2003, 01:06:49 PM EDT

Keep an eye on /var - (scoenye) - (2) - April 13, 2003, 04:23:47 PM EDT

/var sizing on Debian: ~1GB - (kmself) - (1) - April 13, 2003, 04:58:27 PM EDT

1G for /var? hahahahaha - (drewk) - April 14, 2003, 08:20:57 AM EDT

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