So am I correct in thinking that /usr doesn't have to be a partition,
but can be simply a directory within /?

And is it possible for me to change/resize and remove partitions or
would I have to reinstall from scratch?

Thanks
steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: Marco [mailto:bigfoot29@beiuns.ath.cx] 
Sent: 12 August 2004 12:56
To: S Dobson
Cc: port-hpcmips@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: root


Whenever I install it, I create an large / partition.. with this
"little" space of 1 GB you will automatically run into trouble if you
set / too small and an programm does not install itself in an desired
folder... I prefer the following "partitions":
Swap: more than 20 MB should be enough - max 10% of memory.
boot: 10 MB are enough - here is only the kernel with its 1-3 MB
/: the rest... you are most flexible with the other directorys. if an
new prog does not fit, delete some files in your home directory :) for
an System with limited resources an better way than the security that
you MAY have by several partitions...

Regards, Bigfoot29

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, S Dobson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What is an 'acceptable' size for the root / partition?
>
> I am using a z50 with a 1gb CF card - I installed bsd with the 
> defaults and have so far just installed the dillo package.  After 
> trying to then install abiword I got a disk full error and checked the

> disk with df. /usr is 800mb and 50% full and / is 50mb and 101% full
>
> Could there be a problem with junk somewhere that needs removing, or 
> should I have tried to increase the size of / ?  I set TMPDIR to 
> /usr/tmp before installing dillo.
>
> Can I repartition now, or do I have to reinstall from scratch?
>
> Any help is appreciated
>
> steve
>
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