sorry to reply to self, but I figured out that the default might be set as such as many drives not have so much space thanks... On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Melissa Golter wrote: > > yes, I am new at this > > If someone might care to respond, the situation with the install is this: > > I don't know what pkgs I will elect Not to append (I need many, from > graphics through C++ packages, as well as webbrowsers and windowing apps). > > Yet, in order to have say, 200M of free space (just in case), using the > gui-wizard interface (Not the druid), the / directory needs to be of fixed > size. The default mode of the / directory, however, is to allow the / > directory (a diff partition, yes) to *grow* as necessary. > > Given I have had a freeze up as the system directories were *full* (don't > know why -- just added a java applet and boom! -- gad a warning would > have been nice!!!), i am inclined to follow the default method. However, > I am continuously warned to have at least 200M of free space -- been a > long time, but at one point this was definitely a must. > > (get this, I have a 9Gig drive and am worrying...I had an Apple 2 with 64K > at one point and felt no pain!!!) > > Anyway, with all the relative *havetos* of swap, boot, etc, plus > dedicating 1.5G to /usr/local, and a bit to /www and /home...I am down to > 8M of free space if I let the / go wild. Is this the way to go? or to > constrain the /? Please don't tell me it really doesn't matter, cuz that > is probably why I can't decide. > > To anyone who made it through all the above, thanks for your patience... > > Thanks for any help > > mgolter > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
