"Travis Roth" <travis@travisroth.com> writes: > Hi Rafael, > Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately the thing is already installed and configured, hate to go to the work of wiping all things out again. Will wait till it is necessary I guess. > I do agree on the defaults though, not good ones now that I understand what they actually are... > There wouldn't happen to be any way to repartition without losing stuff, a Partition Magic for Linux? One way (very very ugly) would be to set up soft RAID for merging all partitions in one virtual, and to modify fstab so that all directories goes on this new one... But this is very risked as if something goes wrong, it would be hard to recover. But if you like risk... When you'll install it cleanly, don't forget to make backups of /home from the virtual patition... Boris > > Thanks. > > > ** Travis Roth > www.TravisRoth.com > travis@travisroth.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:04 PM > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: hard drive usage advice > > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 09:00:46PM -0500, Travis Roth wrote: >> Hi all, >> I need some pointers of where to read more about Linux's disk drive management. >> >> I installed RedHat 7.3 on and asked it to be installed using the server configuration. This appears to have partitioned the drive into 6 partitions. (I allowed it to partition according to the installer's defaults.) >> Of concern to me is /dev/hda2 has 20GB of space alocated and it is assigned to the /usr directory. >> /dev/hda3 has about 8GB and is assigned to /home. > > Never use defaults, they are bad. > > I use: > / 150MB > swap (RAM x 2) > /usr 2GB > /var 200 - 500 MB > /tmp 100 - 350 MB > /home the rest of the drive > > That makes it easy to upgrade or reinstall the OS without wiping out /home > for users. > > No need for any other partitions IMO. > >> The /home directory is where all my accounts are and where lots of files >> will be stored. How can I keep it from running out of space? Will Linux >> automatically switch to another partition for /home when /dev/hda3 fills up? >> Thanks! > > You need to partition the drive for the functionality you intend to use > your server for. That means repartition it with smaller /usr and bigger > /home > > The OS will not automaticaly use space on different partitions. It's not > windows to write all over the place. > >> >> ** Travis Roth >> www.TravisRoth.com >> travis@travisroth.com > > -- > Rafael > The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list