On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Tom Berger wrote:
> > Why? Well, this gives 2GB for user files and downloads and whatnot.. more
> > than enough I think. The other 11GB goes on root... if you don't
> > specifically make a /var, or /usr or any other partition for a directory
> > off the root directory, it all becomes a part of the / partition... make
> > sense? For example, that 11GB is being shared by /var, /etc, /usr, /sbin,
> > and so forth. That way I don't have to worry about how much to give /var,
> > of if I've given /sbin too much, or any other problem associated with
> > defining limits for directories. I always found that silly, tried it
> > once, and it pissed me off so much I reinstalled just to make (to me) a
> > *proper* directory structure (which is swap, /home, and / and that's it).
> Though I can see your point, using more partitions has an advantage in the case
> of drive corruption.
> Usually / should be very small to minimize this danger by reducing the number of
> accesses to it. If your partition becomes corrupted somewhere in /usr you're
> lost. With a distinct root partition you still have a chance to save yourself
> and since there is a tool like Partition Magic (and soon our own DiskDrake), I'd
> still tend to suggest using multiple partitions.
>
> My table:
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3 76M 24M 48M 33% /
> /dev/hda8 486M 149M 311M 32% /home
> /dev/hda10 99M 2.8M 91M 3% /tmp
> /dev/hda11 1.9G 1.0G 813M 57% /usr
> /dev/hda9 152M 12M 132M 8% /var
>
> You see, no probs whatsoever ;-)
<grin> True enough... I do see your point, and it's valid... but I'm also
lazy... I use Partition Magic here myself, but to partition a 17GB drive
with it (or to fix partitions) takes forever and I hate waiting...
Personally, if something ever goes wrong, I've got /home free and clear
and I backup /etc daily as well, so I think I'm pretty well covered...
everything else can be reinstalled. I guess it's all a matter of personal
preference and convenience... =)
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