From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F9m9c-0000vv-MA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:38:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1GGZHXg014396; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:35:17 GMT Received: from gateway1.delphi.com (gateway1.delphi.com [12.47.224.16]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1GGJCSm013999 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:19:12 GMT Received: from USMITRY-MX05.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.137.52]) by gateway1.delphi.com (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CJA87440; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:19:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from USMITRY-MX02.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net ([144.250.137.43]) by USMITRY-MX05.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:19:07 -0500 Received: from DEWUP-MX02.Europe.DelphiAuto.net ([130.171.200.162]) by USMITRY-MX02.NorthAmerica.DelphiAuto.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:18:59 -0500 Received: from dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net ([10.233.7.145]) by DEWUP-MX02.Europe.DelphiAuto.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:18:57 +0100 Received: from s08nfs.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (s08nfs [206.122.137.180]) by dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8749F7F5 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:18:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.233.7.145] (dewup-ww02.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net [10.233.7.145]) by s08nfs.dewup.europe.delphiauto.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18375172 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:18:57 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <43F4A5F0.7030704@mid.message-center.info> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:18:56 +0100 From: Alexander Skwar User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060104 Thunderbird/1.0.7 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How many GB for / partition? References: <7ae6f8f0602160419w67142523p296a88b3944ce180@mail.gmail.com> <200602161519.24278.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <43F48FFB.3020804@mid.message-center.info> <200602161634.05506.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <200602161634.05506.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Feb 2006 16:18:57.0717 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0521650:01C63314] X-Archives-Salt: 4019ba73-b042-470b-8434-992d7943f633 X-Archives-Hash: 08f3c32fb403a511b5113e3ce6d438c4 Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Thursday 16 February 2006 15:45, Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: >> > On Thursday 16 February 2006 14:06, Alexander Skwar wrote: >> >> Izar Ilun wrote: >> >> > I say that, It'll be just: >> >> > - /boot >> >> > - swap >> >> > - /home >> >> > - / (all the rest) >> >> >> >> That's not advisable. I'd strongly suggest to create >> >> filesystems for /boot, swap, /home, /opt, /usr, /var >> >> and / (of course). This way you're more flexible >> >> and also a bit safer (not such a high risk of running >> >> out of space on /). >> > >> > and he wastes a lot of space, >> >> No, he doesn't. Where does he waste space? > > because you shall not fill up any partition more than 85% or fragmentation > will go up insanly and performance go down to the bottom. Yes, but we're no longer in the age, where 10GB hard drives are high end. I do agree, that you might waste a little bit of space. But that's it. And that's only a theoretical value. Nothing to worry about in real life. >> > makes boot a lot longer >> >> Not really. > > yes, really. jaja. >> > and increases head >> > movement. >> > >> > One big / (like 40 or 80GB) will be enough >> >> Yes, and it's obviously the worst solution. How do >> you mount /tmp noexec? How do you mount /usr read-only? > > why should you mount /usr readonly, Because you normally don't need write access to /usr, unless: > if you do your emerging always everyday? ...unless, you're writing. > Why should he make /tmp noexec, Security precaution. >> > With that sizes, it is nearly impossible to fill / completly up. >> >> And it's impossible to have some flexibility. > > no, it is absolutly flexible Ah. Please explain how you mount /tmp noexec and /usr readonly. Please also explain, how you seperate data areas (like /var and /usr). >> > To put everything on its own partition was good, when harddisks were >> > 2gb-10gb big. >> >> And it's still good today. >> > no it is not I see. Strange thing is, that about every server and workstation I've seen more or less contradicts what you say. >> > But today it is just a waste of space and time. >> >> No, it's absolutely not. > > yes it is. It wastes space, Not really. Some. But not really. > makes boot much longer. No, it doesn't. Not noticeably, at least. > More partitions = more > haead movement = higher risk of damage. More partitions = more risk that one > of the partitions dies = more risk of fatal data loss. There's always backup. > More partitions = less space available Not really. Some. But not really. If you're *SO* low on hard disk space, I'd advice to buy more harddisks. > You see, there are a lot of good reasons to keep the number of patitions low. Actually, as *you* see, there aren't many reasons and no good reasons to do what you say. Alexander Skwar -- It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list