Re: NO! (Was: Re: Corel/Debian Linux Installer)
Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 07:58:26PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> > You must, or Debian must, be doing something seriously wrong then. My
>
> Not at all, I have over 100mb in /var/cache/apt/archives, plus
> about 100mb in /var/www (JDK doco). Standard Debian locations.
>
> I think the idea of separate partitions for /usr, /var, /home etc
> is an anachronism. I only separate /home and /usr/local (in case I trash /,
> which can be replaced).
/ should be as tiny as possible and readonly, so in case of a crash it
won't be broken and you can boot a minimal system to recover the rest.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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