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KenCunningham
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Only in the sense that your system would gradually (or possibly not so gradually) grind to a halt. Is that nasty enough for you? ;-)
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KenCunningham
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Because it's always a good idea to leave at least 5% (10% is preferable) for a filesystem's 'own use' in the sense of housekeeping etc. This applies particularly if /var is part of a root filesystem and not mounted seperately, as it contains logfiles and spool files which are regualarly being written to.
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ProudToBeLeeds
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Root partion should only be very small like about 750MB. All other stuff should be on a seperate slice. Once the root partion fills the box will come crashing down around you.
I am in the process of writting a HowTo resize root without obliterating the rest of the disk. Once its written I will stick it up here.
I am in the process of writting a HowTo resize root without obliterating the rest of the disk. Once its written I will stick it up here.
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