Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost free space on /
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:00:28
Message-Id: 200906121258.51161.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost free space on / by KH
1 On Friday 12 June 2009 12:48:24 KH wrote:
2 > bn schrieb:
3 > > Isn't "do A if you are in situation X , because of Z" the right pattern?
4 > >
5 > > m.
6 >
7 > That's only if situation x is constant and absolutely known to the one
8 > replying. But then it might not be of any use for somebody else. Most
9 > likely there will not be a second person with the exact same situation x
10 > around.
11 > Also I learn a lot by following the way to the solution. Like give me
12 > the formula and not the answer and next time I can search for everything
13 > myself.
14
15 The original question was "how big should /var be?" and the correct answer to
16 that question is "mu" (google it)
17
18 If we had the output of "df -h" and "du -sh /var/*" plus a description of what
19 the machine actually does, some general advice could be given to the OP. As it
20 stands with the information given, the only useful answer is "you'll have to
21 work that out yourself" which is what I said right back at the beginning.
22
23 --
24 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Lost free space on / Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>