[SWLUG] partitions

[Steve Marvell]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:36:37PM +0000, bascule wrote:

> i have a new disk drive and i'm going to do a new install, it occurs
> to me that i can have an awful lot of partitions if i want, so apart
> from /, /boot, /usr, /home, /var are there advantages to having
> other mount points, what about /etc/ or /usr/local for example and
> if so how large shoulod they be?

/tmp filling up is bad, so having a partition for that is good.

I personally go for:

/ /boot

or

/ /boot /tmp

Cos I bet the disk is massive.

Steve