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From: murrayc@hansford.com (Charles H. Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [NetBSD] /: write failed, file system is full
Keywords: [NetBSD] file system full
Message-ID: <sCeDsAwFBh107h@hansford.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 93 07:29:48 -0700
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Organization: The Hansford Group - Contract Software Engineering and Consulting
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In <1ug80hINN7p5@news.u.washington.edu> ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter) writes:
>2.) If your installing NetBSD, you might consider making your root
>    partition ALITTLE bit bigger than I did try 15 plus MB.  Making
>    it 8 MB (as suggested in the install doc) leaves only 2.2 MB free
>    which is TOO TIGHT for development.

You also should consider making /var a separate partition.  This way, if
if fills up, it won't crash root.  I would make root 8MB, and /var
something like 16MB, or 32MB if you are spooling mail and news.  Obviously
you need the disk space to be able to do this.

-- 
Charles H. Murray                       "Performing Rocket Science at
Software Engineering Consultant          Orbital Sciences Corporation
Breckenridge, Colorado USA               Chantilly, Virginia USA"
murrayc@hansford.com