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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:48:05
Message-Id: 20130930214746.3c83b4cf@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by Tanstaafl
1 On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:25:57 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
2
3 > On 2013-09-30 1:10 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
4 > <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > 150gb for / with usr and you will be fine for ages.
6 >
7 > I'm curious what a common/average size is for desktops...
8 >
9 > My /usr, without portage files, is @ 5GB.
10 >
11 > My current / is only 83M, so even after I merge /usr into it, it will
12 > still be only @ 5GB...
13 >
14 > But, this is a server, so...
15 >
16 > For an average desktop, loaded with software (say, KDE, Libreoffice,
17 > etc), how much will /usr grow to? Or more specifically, what is a
18 > *reasonable* maximum one could expect?
19 >
20 My desktop
21
22 % df /usr
23 Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
24 silastic/usr zfs 32G 15G 17G 48% /usr
25
26 My laptop
27
28 % df /usr
29 Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
30 bangbang/usr zfs 16G 9.1G 6.6G 59% /usr
31
32 Both with KDE and LO, but no portage. $PORTDIR is on /var,
33 $DISTDIR and $PKGDIR are on an NFS mount.
34
35
36 --
37 Neil Bothwick
38
39 "There are some ideas so idiotic that only an intellectual could believe
40 them" George Orwell

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Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>