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Article:		Proper Filesystem Layout
Subject:		small / bad idea
Date:		2003-02-13 13:49:22
From:		datasmid@xs4all.nl

If root dumps a big core your lean and mean / might fill up with a corefile. I've seen a 56Mb core on a 76Mb / causing serious trouble. With a major update of your OS a tight / might ruin your day as well.

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small / bad idea
2010-03-01 02:21:08 theking2 [View]

The idea here is of course that a OS update will not fill up root if it does there is something wrong in the first place. The OS upgrade should and will use /var /usr to do it thing not /.
Having said that with nowedays cheap storage 100Mb is a bit on the small side although I have multiple installation running fine that way