[wplug] partitioning

[Robert E. Coutch]

I used to put
/boot
/var
/home
/usr
/opt
/usr/local
swap
and /
in their own partitions and then mount /usr, /opt, and /usr/local as read 
only.

This was to help protect the system in the event of a power failure.

Now I run reiserfs and use a UPS with cable to the PC to protect the files.

I only partition 
/
/home
and swap.

Some may worry about log files filling up / this way so you may want /var to 
be on it's own.

The above setup serves me well as I don't have to worry about installing new 
packages and running out of space in /opt or /usr.

And my /home is protected if I need to reinstall the OS or replace it with 
another version.

I don't trust using LVM as I'm afraid corruptions to the filesystem may not be 
repairable (my information may be out of date on this).
This would be a way of having muliple partitions that can be resized as 
needed.


Thanks,

Bob


On Friday 30 April 2004 08:59 am, PGHConsult Lists wrote:
> Ok, so I'm used to Redhat which partitions everything for you and now I'm
> installing Debian which does not. I'm looking for a little advice on how to
> best partition the HD. It's a 20GB disk and this machine will be used to
> run 4 or 5 network apps. No users other than myself. Here's what I've come
> up with so far.
>
> Swap - 1GB
> / - 500 MB
> /usr - 9 GB
> /tmp - 100 MB
> /home - 200 MB
> /var - 9 GB
> /boot - 20 MB
>
> I realize that some of these values are rather large given my requirements
> but I'm also trying to get an idea of how others partition their servers
> for general use. Should some values stay static (i.e. 20 MB for boot) while
> others consume a % of available disk space (i.e. 30% for /var)?
>
> As always all help is appreciated.
>
> Arnaud-