I do it different for servers and desktop

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Post #1,391

by Andrew Grygus

7/11/01 1:07:42 AM

I do it different for servers and desktop

For a server I have swap / and /u. /u is where all applications are loaded and where all data is kept. Anything anywhere else that must survive is copied to /u for safekeeping. This way, I can wipe the whole OS and install a later version, or I can format and reinstall after an awful crash or admin error without affecting my data at all or my applications.

For desktops, most applications like to keep user files and configuration stuff in /home/username/*, so I partition swap / and /home.

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Post #1,394

by static

7/11/01 2:32:51 AM

/home is almost always a good idea.

It took me quite a while to realize that /home should be as large as possible because in each home directory there are almost no rules! I'd been trying to put stuff in /usr and /usr/src since they belonged to the system. Well, I'd been trying to convince myself of that... Then I realized that I was trying to keep /home/wwb clean for no good reason. Just a few directories are all it takes and it's easy to put in there just about everything I want to play with.

My server has a 30Gb drive just for /home. Everything else is on a separate 4Gb drive.

Wade.

"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

Partition layout query: - (inthane-chan) - (9) - July 10, 2001, 12:38:59 AM EDT

Fairly simple. - (static) - July 10, 2001, 03:41:00 AM EDT

How I usually do my dev workstations: - (admin) - (1) - July 10, 2001, 09:41:06 AM EDT

I like a separate /usr/local part to throw everything into - (boxley) - July 10, 2001, 10:01:56 AM EDT

What I ended up doing: - (inthane-chan) - (3) - July 10, 2001, 07:05:53 PM EDT

So long as it boots, that should be fine. -NT - (static) - July 10, 2001, 08:17:55 PM EDT

Might that be a dud drive? - (scoenye) - (1) - July 14, 2001, 04:07:36 PM EDT

Nope. - (inthane-chan) - July 22, 2001, 08:52:01 PM EDT

I do it different for servers and desktop - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 11, 2001, 01:07:42 AM EDT

/home is almost always a good idea. - (static) - July 11, 2001, 02:32:51 AM EDT

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