Re: minimal files essential for booting ?
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Brian May wrote:
: In article <[🔎] 19980806010255.17734@humble> you write:
: > I went nuts partitioning the new disk. I was mostly just
: >experimenting. Many will think I have gone needlessly overboard. I won't
: >disagree. The old disk has two partitions, one being swap. The new disk
: >has a partition for just about everything. These directories all live on
: >their own partitions:
: > /usr
: > /usr/local
: > /var
: > /home
: > /etc
: > /bin
: > /tmp
: > /lib
: >
:
: I think the FSTND standard requires these directories to be available
: during boot:
: /bin
: /dev
: /etc
: /lib
: /tmp
: /sbin
:
: (Note that /etc and /tmp must be writable, I don't know about the rest.)
:
: I can't remember about /var, but suspect that it is required for
: /var/run, /var/lock, and /var/log.
For years I've been splitting off /tmp, /var/, and /usr. It's nearly
impossible to enforce quotas if you don't (/tmp quotas are important on
a machine with many non-trusted users).
I agree that /etc, /bin, and /lib should be on the initial root
partition. Note that /boot can be a seperate partition if you're having
problems with an old BIOS and LILO, or some weird disk layout.
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