Re: unchecked 31 times
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:39:16 -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> Greg Folkert said on Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 06:19:12PM -0500:
>> root should only be enough to boot with...
>
>
>> /etc = 45MB (with GConf taking 30MB of that)
>> /bin = 3.5MB
>> /sbin = 3MB
>> /lib = 35MB
>> /dev = 128KB
>> /root = 15MB or so
>> /proc = null
>> /tmp = 50K or so (not a separate filesystem until multi-user/services)
>>
>> / should equal the sum of them ~ 100MB. Adding for growth a bit...
>> That is why I say 200MB.
>>
>> These should all be separate partitions/drive/mountpoints
>> /usr
>> /usr/local
>> /var
>> /home
>> /tmp
>> /boot (personal pref)
>
> There are currently Debian packages which are needed at boot time which depend
> upon datafiles kept in /usr. discover is one of them, there may be more. In
> woody, therefor, a seperate /usr can cause problems. Does it gain you much?
>
> Why should /tmp be its own partition instead of symlinking /tmp -> /var/tmp?
>
> Is there any need for a /boot partition on modern hardware? Why do you like a
> seperate boot partition?
>
> I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind your partitioning scheme.
>
> M
FHS says "The contents of the root filesystem should be adequate to boot,
restore, recover, and/or repair the system."
/tmp and /var/tmp have different purposes. Check FHS again. Actually, I
have both /tmp and /var/tmp on their own logical volumes.
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