Quoting Chuck Stickelman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Ben Frame wrote: > > > I have 2 linux machines (486's) that I want to work > > together. They each have a single 325mb hard disk, so I > > would like them to share diskspace and filesystems, > > using NFS. Since I need to make the most out of every > > megabyte, I was wondering if anyone might be able to > > suggest a minimum size for the root partition on each > > machine. FYI - I plan to have /var be its own partition. > > Thanks! > > Here's how I have the drives on *this* machine setup: > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda3 126879 46580 73747 39% / > /dev/hda5 485955 409532 51326 89% /var > /dev/hda6 486397 426306 34969 92% /home > /dev/hdb4 1213449 1052262 98490 91% /usr > /dev/hdb3 128822 67123 55047 55% /usr/local > /dev/hdb1 1014623 542634 419575 56% /usr/local/POSA > /dev/hda1 65344 40362 24982 62% /dos > > Since this is a fairly complete Debian installation, I'd recommend no less > than 48MB > for root. > This system would be at 95% capacity in such a situation. Wouldn't want it > to be > much lower.
My, my. What takes up the room? Presumably directories like /bin, /sbin, /dev are fairly complete in any installation, and perhaps even /lib. So that leaves /etc (and /root and /tmp, but dpkg wouldn't touch them). Here's one of mine, a modest installation of 275 packages. /yak is a partition shared by /home, /var and /tmp. I've noticed that another installation of mine which has 350 packages uses about the same amount of / (but more /usr of course). Mon Oct 19 23:34:24 BST 1998 Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda2 31168 10716 18843 36% / /dev/sda3 594315 286894 276723 51% /usr /dev/sda4 1526118 899661 547585 62% /yak /dev/hda1 166400 64388 102012 39% /dosc Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree %IUsed Mounted on /dev/sda2 8064 2010 6054 25% / /dev/sda3 153600 27576 126024 18% /usr /dev/sda4 395264 8933 386331 2% /yak /dev/hda1 0 0 0 0% /dosc Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
