What are /var, /opt and /tmp? I think I'd like to use all the different types of partitions to play around with learning more aspects of system administration, is this a smart idea or just sort of silly? Thanks for the help. Isaac Quoting Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:19:24 -0400 (EDT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: > <big Snip> > > > Alrighty, I'll put down what I was thinking of doing and you can tell > me > > why > > it's dumb, why it's perfect, or perhaps just tinker with it a little > > bit: > > > > / 250MB > > /swap 200MB > > /usr 10 Gig > > /home 9.55 Gig approximately (whatever's left after the others) > > > > Thanks to anyone who actually takes the time to respond to this, > > Isaac > ======================= > Looks good to me, though you might want to give more space to / if > you're > not going to have a separate /var or /opt or /tmp. 650mb might be > better > IMHO. YMMV. > Just my US$0.02, > Mike > > -- > "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world." > -- Kaiser Wilhelm > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
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