From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 03:36:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D110A16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 03:36:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2552443D1D for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 03:36:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: (qmail 825 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 03:36:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.68?) (69.73.60.132) by smtp8.knology.net with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 03:36:43 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) In-Reply-To: <200408082104.04026.alias2@crotchett.com> References: <41142284.7060304@att.net> <200408082104.04026.alias2@crotchett.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <52BCCE6B-E9B5-11D8-9C00-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:36:39 -0500 To: FreeBSD_Questions FreeBSD_Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) Subject: Re: file system setup for new system - recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 03:36:44 -0000 On Aug 8, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Darren Crotchett wrote: > The other directory that tends to grow is /usr. This is where all of > your /home, /www and /ports directories are. In other words, you put > alot of > stuff in /usr. I never put anything in /root. So, once the system is > built > it is nearly 100% static. What I have suggested is that one move /home to its own filesystem out of /usr so that user data is not intermingled with OS and utilities. Uh, you know /root/ is the superuser's home directory and not the same thing as "the root directory '/'", right? :-) /root/ is not a bad place to put a few little things such as a list of critical files to feed to "tar -cI" to backup one's specific configuration. /root/ *is* on the / partition so you don't want to put much there. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.