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Re: Linux boxes.



Ira Abramov wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, PuPPy wrote:
> 
> > Another issue I find rather importent, is partioning my [Personal] Linux.
> > I have 3 linux partitions:
> > 1st)250MB mounted as root.
> > 2nd)16MB mounted as swap
> > 3rd)100MB I mounted in /mnt
> 
> /mnt is generally almost never used to mount directly, but for extra
> mounting needs, like /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/floppy, /mnt/zip etc.
> you could put the /home there, if you want...

Eh?  /mnt is totally free to be used as the user likes, I use it mainly
for temporary partition playing, directly under it, for instance.

> 
> > Many people were mailing the group saying that you should have a seperate
> > partition for /usr.
> old SUN-ish concepts if you ask me, no reason to.

The reasons I see for it are:

1. if /usr is separate from dynamic filesystems like /var and the
   users' home pages then the risk that it will be corrupted during
   a crash are smaller.  You might even try to mount it read-only
   under some circumstances, which brings us to...

2. on a network - you can share /usr (which usually takes the bulk of
   the system programs) among similar clients.

> 
> > How much is enough?
> 
> du -s /usr/
> I doubt 100 megs will be enough, though... on my server it's well over 5
> times that.

On my home machine, which has some development tools installed on it,
it's around 130Mb.  Debian allows me to install just what I need,
and remove it if I'm short on space - I can allways install it again
later.

> > Can I move all /usr to my 100MB partition and mount it as /usr(I can add
> > more space, I am not limited to 100MB)?
> all depends on your needs.

As Ira said - get the output of "du -s /usr" and see how much it takes.

> 
> > And ofcurse, before making major changes, I would like to know if I should
> > or should'nt install a new "Linux" Box.

You may very well want to take such major changes as an opportunity
to upgrade (Slackware??? Give me a break....)

--Amos

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