"Anthony E. Greene" wrote: > -----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
Anthony has a good point : wipe it and start from scratch. It's probably "bloat-ware", most of which you don't need ! Just pop the CD in and it will walk you thru it.
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