From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RTwsr-0006iK-Uu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:36:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2496C21C034; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD901E01A3 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnr1 with SMTP id r1so4680717ggn.40 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:35:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/FEHKL0a4+sbKkBjlcC5AqAm6g4du6d0AaP9x4zsuN8=; b=Q1y558C4x4We6b+qjRhV+RMHwThgUw+1RUiJniLbLiIcsDt13FdIdpY/eyBfSu1w+9 RR+R2rtC9ISBJrKNBRzrs393Jar8EH8RsKnkLRErOdUsWu5tTeW4xbIG5jgUVzcs+rcP hK5TFeCSbzIcjZdp6rSRlolDILVmLGASL+LQI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.188.34 with SMTP id fx2mr10353562obc.31.1322231705236; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:35:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.113.10 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:35:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:35:05 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 5403e77b-48ce-4ea7-b0c5-6f1d2a7d0092 X-Archives-Hash: eb8fea6306e17f40588d7b762d56ee4f On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot > /usr > /tmp > /usr/portage =3D=3D> via NFS > /var > /var/lib/postgresql > /var/tmp > /var/log > /var/spool > > (Not all of them will reside on the same physical disk; I have > /dev/sda up to /dev/sdd) > > I've been searching high and low for recommended numbers... and there > are as many number as search-hits. > > So. Care to share your partitioning strategy? > > (And while we're at it, am I overdoing the partitioning?) > > Rgds, > -- > FdS Pandu E Poluan > ~ IT Optimizer ~ > > =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 LOPSA Member #15248 > =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com > =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan > > I don't use LVM but I suspect that on this list that would be the #1 recommendation to take care of the numbers question. - Mark