Hi,
>>>>> "Raman" == B N V Raman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> From: Sthitaprajna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] It is
>> _not_ a good idea to allot big chunks of disk space to Linux in
>> one huge partition. Make smaller partitions like
>> /root,/usr,/var, etc..This way the chances of filesystem
Raman> Yes, but in this case, you have no freedom over disk space
Raman> allotment to each directory. If you make each directory as
Raman> a separate filesystem, then you have to decide the hard
Raman> disk space in the beginning itself.. so you want to install
Hmm, actually, your mail makes it sound like if you pre-decide
the sizes of each particular directory, you're going to get screwed
later on -- Actually not. If you run out of space on say, /home, you
just tar and gzip the stuff, put it elsewhere, add a second hard disk
drive or make a new partition, delete the existing partition, and make
a symlink /home -> home1 ... easy as that -- Infact, this is what is
setup on my brother's box -- check this out:
madras:/home1/ravi# ls -la /home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Mar 27 23:02 /home -> home1
madras:/home1/ravi# du -sh /home
0 /home
madras:/home1/ravi# du -sh /home1
526M /home1
madras:/home1/ravi# mount
/dev/hda5 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda7 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /home1 type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda11 on /var/cache/apt/archives type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/win98 type vfat (rw)
madras:/home1/ravi#
Hth.
--ravi
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