Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The only thing I have done is install KDE 3.1 and OpenOffice.org and now
> /usr is 96% full. (/home is large due to temp. storage from another install)
>
> Question for the list:
> What is the lists advice in managing my /usr partition
> so it does not completetly fill up and cause problems in the future?
My advice is to use LVM (Logical Volume Manager). With LVM you don't
use disk partitions for your file systems, but instead create logical
volumes (LV), which can be easily created, deleted and resized
(extended and reduced), without moving data around. This means you
can easily adapt your file systems sizes to your needs without even
rebooting.
For example, on my machine (not debian though), it looks like this:
isnogud:urs$ df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/vg0/root 126931 50529 69849 42% /
/dev/sda1 7988 2213 5775 28% /boot
/dev/vg0/var 507748 396058 85476 83% /var
/dev/vg0/news 2014611 1620327 394284 81% /var/spool/news
/dev/vg0/usr 2579707 1874626 574009 77% /usr
/dev/vg0/opt 253871 50038 193348 21% /opt
/dev/vg0/home 8254992 5201281 2718167 66% /home
/dev/vg0/galois 63461 15471 44714 26% /tftpboot/galois
tmpfs 128924 40 128884 1% /tmp
/dev/vg0/old 63461 54190 6650 90% /OLD
/dev/vg0/local 515940 244416 250553 50% /usr/local
/dev/vg0/ftp 1031880 989616 42264 96% /usr/local/ftp
When I installed debian on another machine, however, there was AFAIR
no option to use LVM. So you would have to do this by hand after
installation.
urs
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