On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 18:29 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Hi, > > the more partitions, the more wasted space. > > For example /var 2gb /vat is mostly enough, but sometimes, you need 4,6,8 GB, > but 6/8GB /var is just overkill. > Depends, compiling openoffice will dump 3-4Gbytes on top of whats already there. Then the op wants to use keepalive ... The main reason my gateway goes down is I log to a mysql database, which occaisionally fills up /var (4G, currently 2G available, I add extra when doing OO etc) My desktop has 48G /var for working with dvd's etc - usually adequate!
> /home should always be on its own partition, this way, you can reinstall > everything without risking your user-data, or share /home between installs. > Yes, this one of the best ones to give its own partition on multiuser systems. > Some time back, I used /boot /swap /home /tmp /var /opt, /usr/local, all on > different partitions of different disks. > But for a single-user system like mine, I ended with a lot of 85% full > partitions and a lot of wasted gb. > Now I have /root /home /boot /swap and / is big enough, that nothing should > fill it up ... Same here - though generally I dont isolate /home either - just one big partition: its the ones with complicated partition layouts that have the wasted space, and admin workload to manage and the highest failure rate of partitions filling up - but its a case of YMMV as on a gateway or server thats adequately resourced, the extra waste and complexity can be justified. A single partition is easier and simpler to manage on single user/laptop type systems -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
