Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:53:52 -0600 From: Stephen <sdk@yuck.net> To: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why to use seperate partitions Message-ID: <20000202155352.A11038@visi.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000202142914.06520bd0@mail.threespace.com>; from Technical Information on Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 02:36:09PM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000202134722.1214A-100000@stgo.cl> <20000202095655.B26831@fw.wintelcom.net> <008701bf6dac$97b83ea0$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> <4.2.2.20000202142914.06520bd0@mail.threespace.com>
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 02:36:09PM -0500, Technical Information wrote: > This is all very understandable from the SysAdmin's point of view. But are > there any comparable advantages for Joe Unix who is using his machine solo > or with a few moderate users? And can't quotas be used to stop any rampant > growth in particular areas? > > I'm not doing backups or anything like that on my personal system, and I > never can predict which areas (e.g., var or tmp or usr) are going to grow > the fastest. So I've also typically just installed everything into one > large root [/] directory. For somebody without any experience or even a > good idea of how a system may be used, directory subpartitioning seems like > a hit-or-miss proposition at best. > > Heck, I wouldn't even know how much room to allocate to the theoretically > immutable root directory.... > I've never run into problems with this strategy: Combine static partitions (/usr, /opt in solaris, ...) into root and give each dynamic partition (/var, /home, ...) its own. My own workstation goes something like: / 1GB /var 100MB swap 100MB /home freehog This also makes it easy to do clean installs; copy a few /etc files over to /home and you're free wipe / and /var clean, saving /home. sk -- sdk@yuck.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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