On 10/4/05, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Ed. > > Is it just me, or are all your posts missing line feeds? I'm having a hard > time reading them. >
hi jun, i think its just you. i read that post fine when it arrived in my mailbox. ciao! > At 04:04 PM 9-30-2005, you wrote: > > > 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 > > Jun Martin > Registered Linux User # 328475 http://counter.li.org > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php http://capsule.ramfree17.org , when you absolutely have nothing else better to do _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
