On Wed March 24 2004 23:15, you wrote: > On Wed March 24 2004 17:47, Andrew Graupe wrote: > > Curtis Sloan wrote: > > >On Wed March 24 2004 16:44, Andrew Graupe wrote: > > >>I will be setting up a new linux system in the near future, and I am > > >>deciding what FS to use. I will probably use a 50MB /boot partition, a > > >>256MB swap and the rest will be given to the root partition. > > > > > >A single / partition makes it simple, which is great for testing, but if > > > you plan on keeping the install around for awhile, definitely partition > > > more. At least /usr should have its own, if not /var and /home. > > > > How big should these partitions be? > > Sort of depends on how much you're installing/where you plan on putting > stuff/where other stuff likes to put itself/what you're using your install > for (e.g. all 7 Debian CDs, /usr vs. /usr/local, /tmp and /opt, web server > vs. gaming vs. desktop?).
<snip> I found this just today: the Filesystem Heirarchy Standard (v2.3 released 29-Jan-2004) http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html Has a description and/or rationale for each area of the filesystem. Lots of stuff I didn't know about UNIX-like filesystems. HTH, Curtis _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
