On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
>
> The partitions that I would normally consider making are:
>
> /boot (about 5 megs, preferably hda1)
5 is decent. Go for 10 if you plan on having multiple kernels.
> /etc (read-only for a server, /etc/mtab being a link to /var)
Sounds good. But will have to check what other files are updated regularly
rc.local updates issue and issue.net everytime the system starts up
also, aliases.db and ioctl.save seem to be updated everyday.
In /etc/mail:
mailertable.db, access.db, domaintable.db, virtusertable.db
are created everytime sendmail is started.
One question - since mount has to read fstab before it can mount any
partitions, wouldnt it be necessary to have /etc/fstab as a link as well?
This file would have to be in the root partition.
> /var
this could be about 20 MB if you have /var/log as a separate partn or you
could have /var/log as a link to another partition.
> /var/log (not always)
> /home
general rule is 20MB per user. depends on admin.
> /tmp
small. about 10 MB I suppose.
> /usr/local
>
> Considering that most distros now put most files in the /usr/bin
> directory, I would consider leaving that along with /bin, /lib and /sbin
> in the root partition itself. Unless someone wants to argue that /bin
> and /sbin are for the most basic binaries, and /usr/bin for everything
> else.
>
That's my Rs0.02
Philip
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