Am 2008-01-18 23:48:28, schrieb ???????????????????? ??. ????????????????:
> I don't think it would make too much a difference on modern HDs. Most read-write
> will occur in user's home directories anyways - loading binaries and libes
> alright, but the data and config files come from the home-dir. It's a
> BSD-convention to put swap on the second partition of your boot-drive. But
> nowadays I guess it just lacks motivation.
Right, on most (99%) Workstations it does not make any sense.
But If you have a server with 16-36 GByte of memory you can use
a separated very fast (15000 RpM) 18 or 36 GByte SCSI drive.
> So, mine is on the second partition because I'm a traditionalist, but other than
> that... does it matter?
In IDE drives I have
hda1 /
hda2 swap
hda3 /tmp
hda5 /usr
hda6 /var/log
and /home is on NFS
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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