To add to Randy's words of wisdom When you have / partition only all other main directories (/bin, /etc, /usr, /home, /var and others) are in that partition.
When you have a separate /home partition, /home no longer needs to be placed inside the root partition, but /etc, /var, /usr and others still will be. In my understanding one way to separate partitions is based on which need to be written into ands which can be read only. /var and /home normally require read/writes. /etc, /usr, and /lib only need write permission when you are adding new software. /(root) and /boot only need write permission if you are molesting the kernal. Ok, i may have confuddled more than helped... Michael Richard Busby wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Depends on what you're doing and the size of your HD. If you have > > a tiny disk, you probably want to keep everything on one partition > > (except of course for swap, and Windows if you have it). > > Otherwise it's certainly a good idea to have /home on a separate > > partition (otherwise if you have to format when doing a new > > installation, you'll need to shift everything elswhere then > > reload it). Some people recommend a separate partition for /usr > > for similar reasons. > > **newbie question** > > I'm still trying to get to grips with the *nix partitioning scheme - one of > the things I don't understand is the replacement of /usr and /var with > /home, which is what a lot of people seem to recommend. For example, I'm > looking at setting up a box as a webserver (low usage, just to test on > really) and the apache docs say it will install itself to > /usr/local/apache - which it won't be able to do if I've only got / and > /home. > > Obviously this isn't a fatal problem, but how do you get around it? How do > you tell apache (or any other app for that matter, especially commercial > ones where you couldn't alter the makefile) to install to /home/usr ? > > Cheers > Richard -- Bubble Memory, n.: A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence. See also "vacuum tube".
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