hi ya references to more parttion docs
http://www.Linux-1U.net/Installation/partition.gwif.html c ya alvin - my silly rules.. - keep / as small as possible.... varies with distro - keep /tmp enough to - move all "user stuff" under /opt - backup only /etc and "user stuff" - /var/log /var/spool would vary depending on how often logs are viewed/trimmed/kept for archives etc - dozens of ways to roast this parition puppy... ( pick the one that fits your desires best On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Scott Henson wrote: > (snip) > > well Im not looking for someone to hold my hand through the process. Im > > just looking for some advice on what is a good sceme. I will then look at > > whatever adivce I get and then determine what I need. Thank you. > > Lots of people have their own ideas. My main machine is just one big > partition (plus a swap partition) and that works fine for me. (-: On > others' systems I tend to at least separate fairly critical system stuff > that won't grow enormously, from other stuff. Often that'll mean > separating maybe /tmp /var /usr/local /home from the root filesystem. Of > course, you can do that with just one other partition and some symlinks. > It's absolutely reasonable and maybe advisable to make more partitions if > you have a reasonable idea how at least certain parts of the disk will be > used, though. > > FWIW, our company web server apperas to have: > > $ df > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 50717 11112 36986 23% / > /dev/hda3 495746 1379 468764 0% /home > /dev/hda4 2468327 482681 1858034 21% /usr > $ > > -- Mark > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
