On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, R P Herrold wrote:
> I position /boot as first partition _everywhere_ -- 60M is
> plenty; and add
> /var/log
> /var/ftp
> /var/spool
It's debatable whether you need a /boot seperate from / or not. It's
kinda like "rules of thumb" for sizing swap partitions.
There are a few rules, however, that are best followed even by novice
users. As Mr. Herrold demonstrated in his examples, you should make sure
that the partitions that may grow unbounded are seperate from those that
control your operating system.
Directories like /tmp, /var, and /home may fill up quite rapidly, so keep
them seperate.
You can further divide things like /var as Mr. Herrold has done above, but
for most users it's not necessary.
If you want, you can keep "your" partions seperate from "your OS's"
partitions. /opt and /usr/local are where *you* put stuff on your machine
that didn't come with the distribution. When you upgrade your software
you can be sure it's only touching stuff in / and /usr and not your stuff.
Probably the most minimal you might want to do is /, /tmp, /var, and
/home. This will seperate your "software", your "variable size", and
"your" partitions cleanly. Add more if you think you need them for other
reasons.
Paul Braman
aeon@tampabay.rr.com
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