Re: [aclug-L] Newbie on the loose {Dicussion}

["Bryan K. Reed" <bkreed@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:17:51AM -0500, Cory T. Lamb wrote:

> Okay gang I'm not doubting the validity of this scheme I just wonder if
> what I'm doing has any flaws or if there are any benifits to either way.
> On the 4 systems that I have put Linux on, I have used the same scheme:
> 
> 1)    A /boot partition of 5M
> 2)    A swap partition of [size = M of true ram]
> 3)    A root partition of [remainder]
> The reasoning behind this is that I figured Linux could better allocate
> the / partition than I could and it doesn't matter how big the / partition
> is [<= 1024 cylinders] because the kernel boots from /boot.  I'm just
> wondering if by not setting things up exactly, am I in danger of some sort
> of suprise?  
> 
> I would be very interested (if it isn't to forward to ask) to see some
> other peoples partition tables and explanations of them.

OK, here's one of mine on a single SCSI disk.  It's got the least DASD
(argh, I've been at IBM too long) of all my machines so it has the simplest
setup.

Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sda1              31077   13847    15626     47%   /
/dev/sda3             792800  429164   322671     57%   /usr
/dev/sda5             101075   23572    72284     25%   /var
/dev/sda6             349910      91   331748      0%   /opt
/dev/sda7              46632      20    44204      0%   /tmp
/dev/sda8             147740   33927   106184     24%   /usr/local
/dev/sda9             513147  403456    83186     83%   /home

This is a server with about everything you could want on it (compilers, 
X apps, etc).  I gave it 30MB on root for the hack of it, 20MB is usually
plenty.  /usr is it's own filesystem, since according to the Linux Filesystem
Standard we should be able to mount it read only.  

/var is it's own partition becuase /var has a tendancy to fill up when 
things go wrong.  This way, if /var/ fills up, it won't take the system with
it.  Mail is currently on /var, but if I put too many more users on the system
/var/spool/mail will become its own partition.

/opt is for installing some special packages like Applixware that I really
don't feel should go in /usr/local.  This is a personal preference and 
doesn't really make any difference in the way the system works.

/tmp also has a tendance to fill up and it lets me limit the amount of
crap that users put out there.

/usr/local is for stuff that isn't part of the distribution (Debian 2.0).
Anything we compile by hand goes here...

I did a separate /home since I'm too lazy to do quotas and I don't want 
my users brining down the system by filling up /. 

Remember, this is a server, so it's a bit different than a personal
workstation.  I do, however, use the same set up on my workstations, 
because it works.   Most of partitioning is personal preference and depends
a lot on how you use the system.

Anyway, that's my $0.02.


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