Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!viusys!uxui!unislc!harem!wes From: wes@harem.clydeunix.com (Wes Peters) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Changing hard disk partitions Summary: /tmp /usr/tmp and /usr/spool filesystems... Message-ID: <231@harem.clydeunix.com> Date: 2 May 91 00:04:19 GMT References: <1991Apr12.094520.9660@hollie.rdg.dec.com> Organization: Raxco, Inc., Orem, UT Lines: 27 In article , peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: > This is true, but on the other hand it gives you a relatively quiescent root > partition. With 140 MB I'd even throw in a 5-10 MB /tmp partition and almost > completely stop disk activity on root. This will pay in the long run, some > day when you have disk corruption and your nice quiet root partition survives. Helps stop system crashes on overflows. Microport V/AT creates a tmp filesystem that gets mounted on /tmp. Several years ago I got tired of news crashing my system when the spool directory overflowed (/usr: out of space) so I bought a cheap 20m hard disk, formatted and partitioned it, and mounted the whole thing on /usr/spool. Never crashed again, even the few times I ran out of space in /usr/spool. For $180, it was worth it to not have to rebuild /usr every 2 weeks or so. > [...] > Why would I see that? I can use fdisk to mark it a UNIX partition any time > I want. Besides, if I ever come up with a need for a DOS partition I hope > you'll put me out of my misery humanely. DOS - the world's most widespread computer virus! De-Operating System? Wes Peters -- #include The worst day sailing My opinions, your screen. is much better than Raxco had nothing to do with this! the best day at work. Wes Peters: wes@harem.clydeunix.com ...!sun!unislc!harem!wes