John Oliver wrote: > I have VMware Server running on my newest server, and want to create a > template VM that I can copy and use for different purposes. I want to > use a partitioning scheme that will give me the greatest flexibility to > be able to use LVM to resize partitions as needed. > > What file systems should get their own partitions, and about what size? > I always make /var it's own partition. I'm sure /sbin should probably > be on it's own. /tmp? /home seems like a good idea. /root Anything > else? What do you use for partitions, and how much space do you > allocate to relatively fixed ones like /sbin?
/etc /sbin /bin /root /lib /dev should all be on / you need /sbin because that is where /sbin/init lives. /tmp can be on /, or it can be on its own. If you have enough ram, you can throw /tmp onto tmpfs if you like, thus ensuring that /tmp s cleared out at each boot. /var, /usr. /opt, and /home are all ripe for being there own partitions. /usr/local is also a good candidate. /home and /usr/local can also be network mounted (cifs or nfs). You could, theoretcally, network mount /usr, but I have never seen that in practice. I don't have a hard/fast rule on sizes, and few guidelines. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
