On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:04:31 + (GMT), Thomas Mueller I can't really see the rationale for putting / and /usr
> on separate partitions.
The idea is that even if /usr partition gets some problems
(e. g. filesystem defects), / will be enough to bring the
system up in SUM, and maybe do some backu
Thanks again Matthew
On 9/14/2011 2:55 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
On 14/09/2011 19:31, Chuck Swiger wrote:
On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Vomacka wrote:
In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor"
that has been told to me by various different linux experts, and
I w
Thanks bud.
On 9/15/2011 5:19 AM, f92...@hushmail.com wrote:
There is nothing wrong with having / and /usr on separate
partitions; in fact, there are some mild advantages to fine-grained
partitioning for folks who pay attention to their filesystem space
usage.
To elaborate on this:
Assuming y
I can't really see the rationale for putting / and /usr on separate partitions.
Swap would go on a different partition because it does not use the same file
system.
I like to put /home on a separate partition, and don't like the idea of
/usr/home.
I also don't like to put /var and /tmp on sepa
> There is nothing wrong with having / and /usr on separate
partitions; in fact, there are some mild advantages to fine-grained
partitioning for folks who pay attention to their filesystem space
usage.
To elaborate on this:
Assuming you have separate /var, /tmp, /usr and /home partitions,
the
On 14/09/2011 19:31, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Vomacka wrote:
>>> In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor"
>>> that has been told to me by various different linux experts, and
>>> I wanted to confirm if this also takes place with FreeBSD U
On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Vomacka wrote:
> In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor" that has
> been told to me by various different linux experts, and I wanted to confirm
> if this also takes place with FreeBSD Unix. In the past, I have always had
> the root
Good afternoon,
In regards to partitioning, I have a question regarding a "rumor" that
has been told to me by various different linux experts, and I wanted to
confirm if this also takes place with FreeBSD Unix. In the past, I have
always had the root filesystem (/) and the /usr filesystem all
