On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Brian May wrote: : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: : > I went nuts partitioning the new disk. I was mostly just : >experimenting. Many will think I have gone needlessly overboard. I won't : >disagree. The old disk has two partitions, one being swap. The new disk : >has a partition for just about everything. These directories all live on : >their own partitions: : > /usr : > /usr/local : > /var : > /home : > /etc : > /bin : > /tmp : > /lib : > : : I think the FSTND standard requires these directories to be available : during boot: : /bin : /dev : /etc : /lib : /tmp : /sbin : : (Note that /etc and /tmp must be writable, I don't know about the rest.) : : I can't remember about /var, but suspect that it is required for : /var/run, /var/lock, and /var/log.
For years I've been splitting off /tmp, /var/, and /usr. It's nearly impossible to enforce quotas if you don't (/tmp quotas are important on a machine with many non-trusted users). I agree that /etc, /bin, and /lib should be on the initial root partition. Note that /boot can be a seperate partition if you're having problems with an old BIOS and LILO, or some weird disk layout. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
