On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:49:11PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Yall,
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
| Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:24 PM
| Subject: Re: [debian-user] install with 3 partitions
|
|
| > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:13:24PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| > | I guess my question degenerates to,
| > | "Is there an 'out of box' way to install debian potato where you isolate
| > | /, /boot, /etc, /bin, /sbin, /lib, /dev
| > | on a partition without partitioning up every thing else?
| >
| > Yes, but you have to use symlinks as someone else suggested.
|
| I am new to this. I have a 1.2 GB on a blank HD. I would like to make
| this happen through the install program. You or anyone able to provide
| steps? How do I make the installer let me set up the symlinks, etc.
| I am guessing the 'cp' is not appropriate.
You could do this during installation, but it will take a couple of
acrobatics.
1) make 3 partitions, one for swap, one for / and one for /storage
2) initialize (format) them
(check what the next steps are, I don't remember if they do anything
to the partitions or not)
3) switch to vc2 (Alt-Ctrl-F2)
4) mount /storage, if it isn't already
5)
mkdir /storage/usr /storage/home /storage/var
6) mount your to-be-/ partiton (the installer has it's own / so
something like :
mkdir mydisk
mount -t ext2 /dev/hd<whatever> /mydisk
7) cd /mydisk && ln -s /storage/*
8) go back to the installer (Alt-Ctrl-F1)
9) finish installation
| > | Possibly putting /tmp in its own partition as well, but then you might as
| >
| > Sure, but if you use kernel 2.4 and have memory available you could
| > use a ramdisk for /tmp. Then you wouldn't need any disk partition at
| > all.
|
| I have no idea what a ramdisk.
It is a "disk" that isn't a disk but just a piece of memory. When you
run the installer it loads a ramdisk so that linux can run before you
have set up your hard disk.
| I guess you are suggesting that /tmp can be keep all in memory
| (swap).
Yes, all in memory. I don't know about swap; it's up to the kernel's
VM system anyways (virtual memory).
| I do not follow the 2.4 ref either, is woody --
| assuming 2.4 Linux kernel is the one for the Linux dist
| -- ready for showtime?
|
| *Lloyd climbs into flame retardent suit* From
| the Linux Kernel
| interviews I have been reading the ship is not sailing so straight lately.
| Do not get me wrong, it sounds like it is a result of a lot of awesome
development,
| suggesting a development kernel ;-)
| I want a stable kernel that I can build a secure system around.
| *Lloyd climbs climbs out of fire suit into leasure suit*
I use 2.4. I've got my desktop machine. It had 2.4.8 on it, now it
has 2.4.10. I've got a laptop at work that had 2.4.8 but I just put
2.4.13 on it a couple hours ago. I haven't had any problems that
weren't PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair).
| > | well isolation /proc for the same reasons too, no?
| >
| > No, /proc doesn't exist. It is a figment of your imagination :-).
| > More precisely, /proc is a virtual filesystem. When you try and
| > access it the kernel generates the data, on-demand.
|
| Ah, /proc, that makes sense. Isolating /var makes sense though ;-)
:-).
-D
