On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 05:26:47AM +0000, Seb Tennant wrote: > Hi all. > > I've read that it is a good idea for the 'root' partition to be small > and bootable, i.e., for it to only include /bin, /dev, /etc, /lib, > /mnt, /root and /sbin. Presumably, as these directories contain > predominantly static files, there is very little chance of a 'root' > partition organised this way ever becoming corrupted and therefore it > is far less likely that you are ever unable to boot into your system, > despite what happens elsewhere. > > Regardless of how many partitions accommodate the rest of the > filesystem, (/usr, /tmp, /var e.t.c.), is this a fair assertion?
Hey, that looks like the AIX approach. That Unix of IBM uses a seperate partition for booting and is unmounted when the system is up and running to avoid corruption. How would you do this on a Linux system where /boot is a seperate partition? > > sebyte > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
