Size of /var worries me

[parv]

in message <4002BB26.5000207 at 401.cx>,
wrote Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg thusly...

I apologize for replying so late.


> parv wrote:
> >...only thing that i desire(d) is/was to give / much less than 128MB,
> >but couldn't (during the space slicing).
> >
> >That and to combine /usr2 & /usr3 now.  But default inode space
> >allocation of 8%/slice will kill me anyway.  I really have to remember
> >about the newfs options next time.
> >
> 
> Do you really mean inode space, or the 8% minimum free space
> treshold?

Yes, i was refererring to the inode space.  I have few large
files...

  Filesystem  1K-blocks    Used  Avail Capacity iused  ifree %iused
  /dev/ad0s2g   3106182 2532670 325018    89%   60186 329188   15%
  /dev/ad0s3f    984654  856366  49516    95%   66158  57488   54%


> If its the later, try this:
> umount /usr && tunefs -m 0 /dev/ad-whatever && mount /usr

Something to be aware of.  If nothing, i need to at least print out
the newfs, mount, and tunefs man pages.  Thanks.


  - Parv

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