Thanks to all who so quickly replied! I guess I'll go with the following partitions:
/ /boot (per RH's recommendation) /home /files (for all the stuff I download - patches to programs, etc. This is a file storage/sharing area for all my computers until I get RH Pro running on a server but that's another project) /usr /test1 (for installing distros, updates for testing before use) /test2 (for installing distros for testing) /test3 (for installing distros for testing) I'll let /tmp, /var be directories under /. Anything I've missed? I have no illusions about RAID5 being totally secure <G>. I use Backup Pro with the tape library to keep good backups so I can restore! > Creating partitions is good for security, not just recovery. And don't > assume that just because you have a RAID5 array, that you're immune to > problems. I've encountered way too many RAID5 systems that ended up > needing restoration from tape backup. Keep in mind, if/when the RAID > controller dies, your backups are all you have. > > On 11/01/2002 05:49 PM, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: >> I'm going to install RH 7.3 on a system with a SCSI RAID. The RAID is on >> an Adaptec 3210S with six drives - 1 hot spare, 5 in the RAID. Normally >> I create separate paritions for things like /, tmp, home, var, usr but >> with >> the RAID I'm wondering if it's necessary. Could I just make the RAID >> (it's about 170Gig) two partitions (/boot, and /) with the other >> directories >> under / (/tmp, /var, etc.). What are the pros and cons of doing it this >> way? I'll have a Cybernetics 15 tape library attached to the system for >> backup. > -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
