What's the sence to set up different mount points for / , /usr ,  /home ,
/anything_else if all of them are located on a single harddrive. I can
understand this steps for /boot 'cause it must be located in first 1023
cyls, but what about / , /usr  do you really need the separate diskspaces?

It looks like disk partitions under DOS/Windows, but the ideo of splitting
disks there is separating and more comfortable storage of information. At
the same time all the mount points you make are connected do the same
directory tree... I do not understand the sence of it...


> I usually setup my partitions like this for a workstation/smb
> server install. I have two 4 GB HDDs.
>
> swap - 128MB
> / - 300MB
> /usr - 3GB (depending on the size of your HDD)
> /home - 4GB the rest usually around
>
> You might want to have more mount points if you are using
> the server for web serving or a hardcore server.  You are most
> likely to get a little extra security if you put the files you are
> serving on a seperate HDD than your Linux system files, i.e. if
> you are serving out of /home/httpd, then mount that on a
> seperate HDD.
>
> *************************************
> Original message from: Victor Richardson <newbie@linux-
> mandrake.com>
> >Thanks for the info, I've beating my head against a wall for a
> week now. I won't be
> >hosting websites, but it will be doing
> file/printer/email/internet routing. I'll
> >just adjust the files accordingly. Did you mount "/usr" ,
> "usr/src",and
> >"/usr/local" within the "/" partition? How about a "/tmp"?
> >
> >Vic
> >
> >Brett Jones wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> >> > Would the same parameters hold true for a server?
> >> >
> >> > Vic
> >>
> >> I've got a server with 1 4.5 gig SCSI drive, and 1 8.4 gig
> IDE drive. This is
> >> what it's tables looks like.
> >>
> >> 4.5
> >> /boot                   20 m
> >> /                       850 m
> >> /var                    400 m
> >> /home                   600 m
> >> /home/httpd             1500 m
> >> /home/ftp               bal.
> >>
> >> 8.4
> >> /home/httpd/vhost       bal.
> >>
> >> This box is going to host web sites for myself, and
> hopefully many others. This
> >> partition table is what made sense to me, I'm sure others
> have there own ideas.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brett Jones
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>

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