Re: /home, /usr/local, / and /whatelse?

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Tan Wee Yeh <wire@hon109.iscs.nus.sg> writes:

> Brent Hutto wrote,
> > Is there a "HOWTO" or something that outlines the current 
> > conventional wisdom about partitions? If not, can somebody clue me in 
> > as to what /usr/local and so forth are used for and why they might be 
> 
> A good guide is the Linux Filesystem Structure (FSSTND) by 
> Daniel Quinlan.  There should be a link to this from the
> debian webpage.  Debian's placement of files follow this
> standard rather strictly.

There is also the Multiple-Disks-Layout mini-HOWTO, which is still
appropriate for a single disk despite its name.

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