Re: impact of no /tmp

[Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:31:01PM -0500, jaymo@hiwaay.net wrote:

> I have  no clue re most  of the newfs parameters  (hope defaults
> are OK), but I think the proper incantations are:
>
> # newfs /dev/wd0f
> # newfs /dev/wd0g

Assuming those  are the  slices you just  created, that's  all you
need right there. Few people need to  pass options to newfs or use
tunefs. For the most part, if you're one of those people, you know
it and know that you need something other than the default.

One notable  exception is  the percentage  of capacity  past which
non-root  users  can't  add  to   the  amount  used  on  the  disk
(minfree). On a 100 Gbyte disk, the  default of 5% leaves you with
5 Gbytes unusable. In most circumstances, that's ludicrous. On the
other hand,  most people with  100 Gbyte drives aren't  putting 95
Gbytes of data on them.

And...please   note  my   frequent  use   of  the   word  ``most''
above. There are those who will read  this and think of their huge
mail spools, or....

But, as I started saying, just use the defaults.

Cheers,

b&

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