[UCLA-LUG] partitioning

[Todd A. Lyons]

Denis wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> what's the best way to partition a 6.4 hd in order to install linux on it,
> and what do you
> gain by (say) putting /usr/ on its own partition, /home on the other
> partition, etc.?

what you gain is damage control.  some user does something that screws
up the /home partition (I know it's not supposed to happen on a properly
configured system) and it won't take out the whole machine.

Here's my layout (but it's only about 4 gigs total and it's two
different physical drives so it's a little different).
/		500 Meg
/pub		750 Meg
/usr		1.5 Gig
/usr/local	2.2 Gig

I will be converting /pub to /home (250 Meg) /var (250 Meg) and /pub
(250 Meg)
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