-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21-Jun-2002/09:05 -0400, Joshua James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an >experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation >of NT servers. This will be an intranet server behind our firewall. > >Our 40gb drive came partitioned as follows: > >/dev/hda1 ext3 990mb /home >/dev/hda6 ext3 494mb / >/dev/hda2 ext3 22.8mb /boot >/dev/hda8 ext3 60.7mb /tmp >/dev/hda3 ext3 21.8gb /usr >/dev/hda5 ext3 13.1gb /var > >I installed apache (2.x.39) to the default location and I'm trying to >install ColdFusion MX. It wants to install to /opt which is in / and >there isn't near enough room, its already 60% full. > >I heard you shouldn't move /etc because there is something in there >necessary for finding other mount points. > >I assume my website is going to /etc/httpd and since my other software >is going to /opt I need more room, what is the usual place for databases >to go? > >How can I make my / partition bigger? Do I really need 21.8gb for /usr?
You can make /opt a symlink to /usr/local/opt. That will solve the immediate problem, and prevent something similar from happening later. mkdir /usr/local/opt ln -s /usr/local/opt /opt As you get familiar with Linux, you will get your own ideas about how your partitions should be laid out. I would have wiped that machine and setup my own partitions, but then I've been doing this for years. Here are some things you might consider for your next Linux box: - Put /usr/local on it's own partition. Software that you compile locally (install from tarballs) often puts everything it needs under /usr/local. I also tend to put the scripts and such that I create to help run the machine in /usr/local/[bin|sbin]. With all of this on a separate partition, I can install the latest version of my distro, tell the installer to leave /home and /usr/local alone, and most of my customizations remain in place. I just have to worry about the config stuff in /etc. - Put Apache's DocumentRoot in /home/httpd. This stuff will not change if Apache is upgraded, and needs to be preserved between OS upgrades. Red Hat used to do this, but apparently it's not LSB compliant. Fine, but I like to simplify my sysadmin tasks, so I put DocumentRoot on a partition that I kow will be preserved between upgrades and/or reinstalls. - Make /opt a symlink to /usr/local/opt. - Adjust partition sizes for /home and /usr to reflect use as either a file server (big /home) or a database or email server (big /var). I tend to restrict /usr to >4GB because I don't generally install that much software on a server. I allow more space for data files (/home, /var). In any case, welcome to Linux. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE9EzMbpCpg3WyUI50RAorJAJ9/IB0p8zpRvpKx5XzSdU8k3M/Q6ACfSbQd skVLdUzxCGhKv2NO08a9ToA= =Ufyz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
