> ---------------------------------------- > From: Darrel <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue Jun 26 20:58:20 CEST 2012 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: partitioning with more mount points on obsd51 > > > We have less limitation on partitioning these days, so /usr/obj > was obvious- actually had that one before. I chose /usr/src and > /usr/local as well, and expect that this was unimportant unless > moving into NFS or some special circumstance. > > I have looked at some of the things that folks are doing with /var > on ZFS. I understand that ZFS is not within the scope of this > list; however, does anyone have some neat ideas about partitions > under /var? > > Particularly, I am interested in /var/crash, /var/tmp, and /tmp. > I would not personally have any use for a crashdump, unless it > would be to pass it along to someone who could make use of it. I > basically want the partitions to be set up logically. > > Typically etc, usr, tmp, var, home, and / have been enough. /usr/obj > is an excellent addition and so does someone have recommendations > of further refining my scheme for OpenBSD51? > > I used /altroot for the first time on OpenBSD50, but had to modify > fstab like this: > #bb128e900f20094a.d /altroot ffs xx 0 0 > /dev/wd0d /altroot ffs xx 0 0 > > I guess that /var/crash should be crafted to memory and that /var/tmp as well > as /tmp can actually be very small? > > Darrel >
Hi, Yeah /var, /var/tmp, & /tmp should be very small, as far as you make "classical" use of your machine. For example on very low performance machine I use about 128/256Mo at most for it all !
