Re: debian install and multiple partitions

[Henrique M Holschuh <hmh+debianml@rcm.org.br>]

On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Howard Mann wrote:
> Matt Garman wrote:
> > Now I want to split up Linux into many partitions, i.e. put /usr/ on one
> > partition, /home/ on another, etc.  I want to do this for ease of
> > backups and some security benefits.
> 
> I did this successfully. I used cfdisk and specified the size of each
> partition in cylinders. Type "C" after specifying the numerical number

Also remember that there is a command shell in VT2, which you can use to
setup symlinks if you need them. I used to have /var and /usr in the same
partition, with /var being a symlink to /usr/var and /usr being the
partition itself. Works wonderfully _as long as you do the symlink and
partitions right after the "mount root partition" prompt_.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh