0002543: root filesystem when choosing separate /tmp, /var, and /home is too small for growth

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0002543	Kali Linux	Feature Requests	public	2015-08-15 21:46	2015-09-03 09:32

Reporter	woodt	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	kali-dev

Summary	0002543: root filesystem when choosing separate /tmp, /var, and /home is too small for growth
Description	When choosing to partition out the different pieces of the filesystem with LVM during install of Kali 2.0, / is created at about 8.2 GB. Immediately after installation and the first full set of patches, the filesystem sits at 95% full. This is too tight to accommodate installation of other software and/or updates to key software such as Metasploit. I recommend that the default filesystem size for / be set higher, say 12 GB or even 16 GB.
Steps To Reproduce	Install Kali 2.0, selecting LVM and separate partitions for /tmp, /var, and /home. Observe lack of growth space in the root filesystem.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-08-15 21:46	woodt	New Issue
2015-09-03 09:32	rhertzog	Note Added: 0003889
2015-09-03 09:32	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2015-09-03 09:32	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2015-09-03 09:32	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix

rhertzog 2015-09-03 09:32 administrator ~0003889	If you have a small disk, don't pick that option then and use the same partition for / and /home. The separate / and /home are always meant to give fixed fraction to / and the largest part to /home.