2011/11/25 Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot >
okay > /usr > why? just makes your life harder. > /tmp > okay > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > if it makes you happy... > /var > okay > /var/lib/postgresql > ? /var/tmp > okay > /var/log > why? /var/spool > why? > > (Not all of them will reside on the same physical disk; I have > /dev/sda up to /dev/sdd) > > I've been searching high and low for recommended numbers... and there > are as many number as search-hits. > > So. Care to share your partitioning strategy? > if you really have to split up /var like this, do yourself some favours and spread it over several disks. Also don't put /var and /usr on the same disk. > > (And while we're at it, am I overdoing the partitioning?) > yes, a lot.
