On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 02:43:10AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: <snip> > 2 => extended partition (the rest of the harddrive) > 5 => swap (256 megs) > 6 => /var (256 megs) > 7 => /misc (the rest of the harddrive) > > After a virgin install, I log on as root and... > > mv /home /misc/home > ln -s /misc/home /home > > What's nice is that when I go to a newer version, I can reformat the > 1st partition and install the new version. Then I log on as root and... > > rm -r /home > ln -s /misc/home /home > > And I'm back in business. And since I'm running my machine only for > me, mutt and slrnpull spool directly to my user dir. > > My understanding is that Debian loads a whole slew of packages in /var > during the main install and I need to have at least a gig of space. Is > that correct ? Which directory ? Is it possible to symlink that > directory elsewhere ?
/var/cache/apt/archives is where your software package downloads (deb files) go. I have a seperate partition for this. My /var is about 500mb but /var/cache/apt/archives is 3gb. I 'mount' /var/cache/apt/archives under /var by adding the partition entry in my /etc/fstabs, and do not use a symlink. There are options to clean out some or all of the deb files (the 'clean' option) but I dont use it. Also, /var/www is the default for html web docuements. SO, consider that when you make /var. (also if you have an active website, /var/log can become big) -Kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
