> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:00:49PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote: > > I personally think that one swap and one large / partition > > is good for almost every desktop and server. There are some > > special cases like wanting to separate a cache partition > > mounting with noatime and other performance increasing options > > for squid server, but otherwise separating / into multiple > > partitions just isn't needed for most people. > > I use noatime on all write partitions unless there is a mail > client that needs to read atime for biff-like (mail arrival > detection) features. > > Another reason for multiple partitions these days is it can help > reduce the time it takes to fsck the filesystems after a really > bad system crash. > > -Vince
How do you partition your disks for a general use server, sendmail, file serving etc? I thought noatime was a typo. Guess I need to look it up! -Matt
