🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 09:26:51 +0800, Jacko <jacko@fastnet.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have built a new Debian2.2 for my personal website. I am the only
>local user and I can use the whole 9G hard disk. It will run DNS,
>Apache, qmail and mySQL only.
>
>When I install the Debian, I created the root filesystem only:
>/boot 100MB
>/ 8GB
>Swap 128MB x 8 (cuz, I've got 4 x 128MB physical memory)
>
>After I read the "The Linux System Administrators' Guide", it suggest us
>to add the following filesystems /bin, /lib, /etc, /dev, /home etc�

I would keep /bin, /lib and /etc as part of the root filesystem, as 
they are all needed before any other filesystems are mounted. The same 
applies to others e.g. /dev.

>My question is...
>
>Why the book suggests different filesystems instead of one root
>filesystem"/"? (It looks easier to handle one root filesystem?!)
>Which method is works better?

It's all a matter of personal preference. I have
/dev/hda3       none          swap    sw                         0      0
/dev/hda5       /             ext2    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0      1
proc            /proc         proc    defaults                   0      0
none            /dev/pts      devpts  gid=5,mode=620,noauto      0      0
/dev/hda6       /var          ext2    defaults,grpquota          0      2
/dev/hda7       /home         ext2    defaults,usrquota,grpquota 0      2
/dev/hda8       /usr          ext2    defaults                   0      2
/dev/hda4       /var/tmp      ext2    defaults                   0      2
/dev/hda1       /mnt/windows  vfat    defaults,ro                0      0

I would also like to have a /tmp partition, but using something like 
Solaris tmpfs (uses VM) if such a beast has been written for Linux.
/usr/local and /var/cvs would also be possibilities in the future, if 
my CVS repositories get too big, or if I install a lot of software I 
compile myself (but this would only be for big stuff, like X, as I make 
Debian packages out of everything else, if one does not exist, so most 
stuff goes under /usr).

An advantage of partitions is splitting stuff up into functional units, 
and a big bonus is that you can specify different user and group quotas 
for each different partition. Basically, its up to you.

HTH and Happy Christmas!,
Roger

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