Ask the partition question to a dozen people and you're likely to get *3*
dozen answers. I wish someone would set a standard by which we could all
survive. I like the ease of having /, /boot, /home and swap which are the
default partitions created by Mandrake, but I've often longed for a more
granular scheme. I want to break out all the system partitions so that I
can mount them read-only --> only the critical ones that shouldn't get
written to on a daily basis. I want the flexibility to install applications
and not worry about space. /home and /var I'd like to have separate. /var
holds a *lot* of stuff. It's the print spool, mail spool, log receptacle,
etc. I've seen systems unable to boot (in my older days <grin>) just
because a bad process filled /var/log/messages =)
Bill Mote
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lothar Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 4:11 AM
Subject: [newbie] Red Hat partition examples?
> >From: "Potts, Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >You will be wasting a lot of space. / only needs about 50 MB. I sent
this
> >out
> >last week. Try to find a Red Hat 5.0 install book and look up its
> >examples.
>
> I have been searching extensively at the Red Hat site to try to find
> the examples you mention, but I have been unable to find them. I don't
know
> how to get hold of the paper version. At the library it's been
pre-ordered
> for at least a year on, nobody I know has it, and I don't have the money
to
> buy it.
>
> If somebody on this list has that book, perhaps he or she could post
> those examples? This would be very appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Ian
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