Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

[achana saysit com]

"Anthony E. Greene" wrote:

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> On 21-Jun-2002/09:05 -0400, Joshua James <joshua james steritech com> wrote:
> >We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an
> >experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation
> >of NT servers. This will be an intranet server behind our firewall.
> >
> >Our 40gb drive came partitioned as follows:
> >
> >/dev/hda1      ext3    990mb   /home
> >/dev/hda6      ext3    494mb   /
> >/dev/hda2      ext3    22.8mb  /boot
> >/dev/hda8      ext3    60.7mb  /tmp
> >/dev/hda3      ext3    21.8gb  /usr
> >/dev/hda5      ext3    13.1gb  /var
> >
> >I installed apache (2.x.39) to the default location and I'm trying to
> >install ColdFusion MX. It wants to install to /opt which is in / and
> >there isn't near enough room, its already 60% full.
> >
> >I heard you shouldn't move /etc because there is something in there
> >necessary for finding other mount points.
> >
> >I assume my website is going to /etc/httpd and since my other software
> >is going to /opt I need more room, what is the usual place for databases
> >to go?
> >
> >How can I make my / partition bigger? Do I really need 21.8gb for /usr?
>
> You can make /opt a symlink to /usr/local/opt. That will solve the
> immediate problem, and prevent something similar from happening later.
>
>   mkdir /usr/local/opt
>   ln -s /usr/local/opt /opt
>
> As you get familiar with Linux, you will get your own ideas about how your
> partitions should be laid out. I would have wiped that machine and setup
> my own partitions, but then I've been doing this for years.
>
> Here are some things you might consider for your next Linux box:
>
>  - Put /usr/local on it's own partition. Software that you compile locally
>    (install from tarballs) often puts everything it needs under
>    /usr/local. I also tend to put the scripts and such that I create to
>    help run the machine in /usr/local/[bin|sbin]. With all of this on a
>    separate partition, I can install the latest version of my distro, tell
>    the installer to leave /home and /usr/local alone, and most of my
>    customizations remain in place. I just have to worry about the config
>    stuff in /etc.
>
>  - Put Apache's DocumentRoot in /home/httpd. This stuff will not change if
>    Apache is upgraded, and needs to be preserved between OS upgrades. Red
>    Hat used to do this, but apparently it's not LSB compliant. Fine, but I
>    like to simplify my sysadmin tasks, so I put DocumentRoot on a
>    partition that I kow will be preserved between upgrades and/or
>    reinstalls.
>
>  - Make /opt a symlink to /usr/local/opt.
>
>  - Adjust partition sizes for /home and /usr to reflect use as either a
>    file server (big /home) or a database or email server (big /var).
>
> I tend to restrict /usr to >4GB because I don't generally install that
> much software on a server. I allow more space for data files (/home,
> /var).
>
> In any case, welcome to Linux.
>
> Tony
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Anthony has a good point : wipe it and start from scratch.
It's probably "bloat-ware", most of which you don't need !
Just pop the CD in and it will walk you thru it.

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