Maurice Hendrix wrote:
>
> I'm not entirely clear on this. WHen I make a number of partitions I must
> also specify a mount-point. But, how can I know which directories end up
> where? What is the mechanism behind this? Is the partition-size a factor?
You don't necessarily _have_ to do this. An minimal Linux setup can
consist of just 2 partitions, 1) swap space and 2) "/".
But by "intelligently" creating other partitions you can improve system
performance, ease backups and upgrades, etc. Size is a factor in
choosing how big you want each portion of the file system to be. If you
split off /usr, /home, /var and /opt then "/" can be 25-50MB. /usr and
/usr/local should be pretty big, probably at least 700MB depending on
your distribution. /var can usually be pretty small for a standalone
system, I usually make it 100MB which is normally overkill as I don't
spool large amounts of mail or news.
> Perhaps an example is in order:
>
> Suppose I have two partitions hda3 and hda4
> hda3 gets mountpoint /boot
> hda4 gets mountpoint /
hda3 will have _only_ /boot since there are never any subdirectories in
/boot. Everything else will be installed on hda4.
> Which directories will be on hda3 and which will be on hda4? Why?
>
> Another one:
> hda3 gets /
> hda4 gets /usr
/usr and all it's subdirectories will be on hda4, eveything else will be
on hda3.
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