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- From: bjl@loki.pttrnl.nl (Ben Lippolt)
- Subject: Re: Extended File System
- Message-ID: <bjl.711746719@freyr>
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- References: <1992Jul20.153227.26980@cs.hw.ac.uk> <joef.711672616@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:25:19 GMT
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- joef@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU () writes:
- > How about this as a suggestion:
-
- > /dev/hda1 = 20 meg
- > /dev/hda2 = 60 meg
- > /dev/hda3 = 20 meg
- > /dev/hda4 = 20 meg
-
- > And set them up this way:
-
- > /dev/hda1 mounted on /
- > /dev/hda2 mounted on /usr
- > /dev/hda3 mounted on /lib
- > /dev/hda4 mounted as swap
-
- Looks a little strange to me, this setup. Why do want a '/' of 20Mb?
- And what on earth do you keep in your '/lib'???
-
- My suggestion would be:
- / 4 Mb (contains only '/etc' '/lib', '/dev' and your kernel)
- /var 6 Mb (contains tmp and spool directories)
- /usr 60 Mb
- swap 10 Mb (You won't need 20 Mb, would be unbearable slow anyway)
- /home 40 Mb
-
- The reason why it is (IMO) better to keep your root file system small
- and to have a seperate '/var' is "more robustness". You won't modify
- that file system often (the occasional update of the kernel (only twice
- a week :-) ) and a few files in /etc), so the chances that you blow it
- are smaller. The same holds for '/usr'. If you have a seperate '/var',
- that will be the file system with a lot of the frequently updated files.
- This setup would enable you almost to mount '/usr' read-only (except for
- updates of your programs).
- BTW. This is not something I have invented. It is basically the way SunOS
- is set up.
-
-
- Ben Lippolt.
-