On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:30:40PM +0200, Thomas Quinot wrote: > * Panagiotis Astithas, 2004-04-30 : > > > I was wondering (since being bitten by this occasionally) why don't > > we change the default dumpdir in /etc/default/rc.conf to /usr/crash > > instead of /var/crash? The default partitioning scheme in sysinstall > > (when you press 'A') creates a /var with only 256MB, whereas it > > retains a huge amount of space for /usr. Shouldn't we help Joe "the > > defaults" User have working crashdumps? > > The proper fix would probably be to change the default partitioning > scheme, not to move the crash dumps. I think one property we try to > guarantee is that /usr be mountable read-only through NFS for a cluster > of workstations, whereas /var is always mounted read-write, for its > purpose is to contain files whose contents *vary* over time. All correct. Panagiotis, please instead propose a proper size for /var. -- -- David (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org)Received on Fri Apr 30 2004 - 12:19:50 UTC
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