>What's the sence to set up different mount points for / , /usr , /home ,
>/anything_else if all of them are located on a single harddrive. I can
>understand this steps for /boot 'cause it must be located in first 1023
>cyls, but what about / , /usr do you really need the separate diskspaces?
>
>It looks like disk partitions under DOS/Windows, but the ideo of splitting
>disks there is separating and more comfortable storage of information. At
>the same time all the mount points you make are connected do the same
>directory tree... I do not understand the sence of it...
Well, for one thing if you do a reinstall or an upgrade you can leave all
of your downloaded and installed apps alone. Linux doesn't have a registry
and I hope it never does, it is a pain in the a** to have to reload every
program if something in the OS dies. This happens more in Windows,
believe me. Once you get to know Linux you may want to reinstall for
practice setting up a machine, if you are learning like me, or if you want
to do massive changes to the way you configured it last time or you really
jacked up some config files doing it by hand.
Brian
>
>
>> I usually setup my partitions like this for a workstation/smb
>> server install. I have two 4 GB HDDs.
>>
>> swap - 128MB
>> / - 300MB
>> /usr - 3GB (depending on the size of your HDD)
>> /home - 4GB the rest usually around
>>
>> You might want to have more mount points if you are using
>> the server for web serving or a hardcore server. You are most
>> likely to get a little extra security if you put the files you are
>> serving on a seperate HDD than your Linux system files, i.e. if
>> you are serving out of /home/httpd, then mount that on a
>> seperate HDD.
>>
>> *************************************
>> Original message from: Victor Richardson <newbie@linux-
>> mandrake.com>
>> >Thanks for the info, I've beating my head against a wall for a
>> week now. I won't be
>> >hosting websites, but it will be doing
>> file/printer/email/internet routing. I'll
>> >just adjust the files accordingly. Did you mount "/usr" ,
>> "usr/src",and
>> >"/usr/local" within the "/" partition? How about a "/tmp"?
>> >
>> >Vic
>> >
>> >Brett Jones wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, you wrote:
>> >> > Would the same parameters hold true for a server?
>> >> >
>> >> > Vic
>> >>
>> >> I've got a server with 1 4.5 gig SCSI drive, and 1 8.4 gig
>> IDE drive. This is
>> >> what it's tables looks like.
>> >>
>> >> 4.5
>> >> /boot 20 m
>> >> / 850 m
>> >> /var 400 m
>> >> /home 600 m
>> >> /home/httpd 1500 m
>> >> /home/ftp bal.
>> >>
>> >> 8.4
>> >> /home/httpd/vhost bal.
>> >>
>> >> This box is going to host web sites for myself, and
>> hopefully many others. This
>> >> partition table is what made sense to me, I'm sure others
>> have there own ideas.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Brett Jones
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
