On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:39:16 -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Greg Folkert said on Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 06:19:12PM -0500: >> root should only be enough to boot with... > > >> /etc = 45MB (with GConf taking 30MB of that) >> /bin = 3.5MB >> /sbin = 3MB >> /lib = 35MB >> /dev = 128KB >> /root = 15MB or so >> /proc = null >> /tmp = 50K or so (not a separate filesystem until multi-user/services) >> >> / should equal the sum of them ~ 100MB. Adding for growth a bit... >> That is why I say 200MB. >> >> These should all be separate partitions/drive/mountpoints >> /usr >> /usr/local >> /var >> /home >> /tmp >> /boot (personal pref) > > There are currently Debian packages which are needed at boot time which depend > upon datafiles kept in /usr. discover is one of them, there may be more. In > woody, therefor, a seperate /usr can cause problems. Does it gain you much? > > Why should /tmp be its own partition instead of symlinking /tmp -> /var/tmp? > > Is there any need for a /boot partition on modern hardware? Why do you like a > seperate boot partition? > > I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind your partitioning scheme. > > M
FHS says "The contents of the root filesystem should be adequate to boot, restore, recover, and/or repair the system." /tmp and /var/tmp have different purposes. Check FHS again. Actually, I have both /tmp and /var/tmp on their own logical volumes. -- ....................paul "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, Winner of British Plain English Campaign's 2003 "Foot in Mouth" award. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
