> The Sistina (Red Hat owns them now) LVM that is most widely used on > GNU/Linux today is nearly identical to that used on HPUX. By the way, > mis-partitioning your discs because you still don't have a clue sucks > even more. Sure, you don't need a HOWTO to manage symlinks, but as you > make more and more, it becomes an absolute nightmare. What happens when > a partition like /usr fills up and you need to put some more programs in > /usr/bin? Make symlinks to every binary you need on another partition > mounted elsewhere? That will very quickly drive you over the edge of > sanity as it's very fragile. > > Making patchwork solutions when something better is available that was > specifically designed for that purpose is something I would never recommend. >
With multi-platform unix hat on: "Forecast usage and get those empty partitions ready." Yes volume management is very convenient especially with Linux where you have LVM. BTW you still need to partition your LVM so my first suggestion applies too to LVM since I didn't mention sizes including the symlinks for sticky dirs to the /tmp partition. ok we'll turn on BOFH mode by answering: <http://www.google.com/search?q=lvm> and RTFM @ <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/> For granularity with mount options partition with: / (don't put this in a volume if you don't want to use a rescue CD) swap (no rule to follow just size em up according to your workset) /tmp (own mount partition or tmpfs or /tmp -> /dev/shm ) /var /usr /home /anythingelseyouwant /var/tmp -> /tmp /usr/tmp -> /tmp --ed
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