On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Mike McCarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > [...] > >> IMO, 750G is way too big for an LFS partition. I store my BLFS sources >> on /usr/src which is a separate partition (50G, 50% full) and of course >> /home and /boot (100M) are separate so I can share them across multiple >> builds. Some people have /tmp and /opt as separate partitions too. >> >> I've been using the same main system since 2005. I have my LFS >> partition 8G (70% full) and really haven't had much problem with that. >> It does have most of BLFS built, but most of the bigger packages (kde, >> qt, mysql, gnome, etc) go on /opt (20G, 40% full). >> >> Multiple partitions give a lot more flexibility. I make my newer LFS >> partitions 10G. > > This is great information. While the info in the book is great, > and will build a "working" system, that is, one which can boot, > there is not much hand holding when it comes to how to set up > partitions, recommended minimum sizes, etc. > > Ongoing system maintenance has a plethora of solutions, I'm sure, > but some suggestions, along with the considerations which entered > in behind them, would be very nice to have. > > When I do a backup, I like to reboot to single user mode, > unmount all file systems and do fscks on them first, then > remount them ro. Of course, one cannot unmount /, so it simply > has to be remounted ro and checked. Only the partition destined > to hold the actual backup data gets mounted rw, and is not > part of the data which gets backed up, though it does get > checked before it gets mounted. > > I have separate partitions for / (which contains the distro > maintained files), /usr/local (which contains the stuff I > install, and some of which is not under the control of the > package manager, though I've packaged up some of it), and > /home (for user data). The backup destination is on an external > USB hard disc. After the backup, I reboot to multiuser mode, > and split up the gzipped tarball on the external drive and > write the pieces to DVDs. I use a little script yackup > (search the web, it's around) which does this very nicely. > > I think that a general maintenace helper guide, or even a > section in the book relating to that, giving considerations > which enter into philosophy of maintenance and how to go > about keeping a (B)LFS system up and running, like doing > upgrades without having to destroy the system or create > a new one or buy a new disc, would be very helpful to sysadmin > newbies like me.
Mike, you already have a good start on what could be a useful hint. Go ahead, massage it and submit it to the devs for consideration. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
