[mythtv-users] Partitioning

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 3/6/2010 16:04, Simon Hobson wrote:
>>
>> Christopher Meredith wrote:
>>
>>> > I am setting up my mythbox today, and I have two hard drives one is 750
>>> > GB
>>>>
>>>>  and the other is 500 GB...what would be the best way to partition them
>>>>  should i put / on the 500 then /var/lib/mythtv on the 750 and
>>>> /var/lib/mysql
>>>>  on the 500?
>>>
>>> Why put / and /var on different partitions?
>>
>> So that when /var fills up, it doesn't bring the whole system down with it
>> - potentially corrupting your root filesystem while it's at it.
>
> If your filesystem becomes unstable because you filled it, you need to find
> a better filesystem.  If you manage to fill /var, either you forgot to set
> up log rotation, or you're using it to store some bulk data that probably
> shouldn't be there.

I suspect the OP is using mythbuntu. recordisngs are therefore on
/var. It's a PITA.

Of course you can change the defaults that *buntu give you, but that
is also a PITA.