on Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 11:07:03PM +0100, Gerard Robin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hello, > I have a problem with my partition /var which seems to be too small. > When it is full my system deosn't work fine, for example: fetchmail can't > download my messages in /var/mail/mylogin. > To solve the problem temporarily, I have removed the biggest files in > /var/log/. > How can I solve this problem neatly ? > Thinks in advance for your reply or for a link which gives me a hint > for good solution ? > > "df -h" displays : > > Sys. de fich. Tail. Occ. Disp. %Occ. Mont? sur > /dev/hda2 464M 139M 302M 32% /
Since you've split out everything else, / can shrink to ~150 MiB or so. The biggest thing to go in there are your kernel modules, under /lib/modules. Keep your installed kernel count low (1-2) and you'll be OK. For a while. > tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda3 3,2G 1,7G 1,4G 55% /usr Good size. I tend to shoot for 3-4 GiB for /usr these days. > /dev/hda6 92M 22K 87M 1% /tmp Small, but perfectly serviceable so long as you don't try burning CDs (some burners build temporary ISOs in /tmp). > /dev/hda7 464M 411M 29M 94% /var I shoot for ~1-2 GiB /var. You can slide to about 750 MiB without frequent problems. Otherwise, clean your cache frequently. "apt-get autoclean" cronned nightly may help. Also check your logrotate configuration. Rotate frequently (daily/weekly), keep few old logs (2-4), and compress old logs. Might check to see if logfiles are growing out out of hand, and if so, why. Track down and fix those errors. > /dev/hda8 1,9G 530M 1,2G 31% /home Looks like you've only got ~6 GiB on this disk. If you can at all afford it, buy more disk. It's ~US$1/GiB, you can almost certainly afford it. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? < bob2> beef-fed tofu tastes better, anyway.
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