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Re: [TCLUG:7940] Mount points...
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Ben Beuchler wrote:
> I'm doing a fresh install of RH 6.0 on a box that is going to be a
> (hopefully) busy apache and qmail server. It seems I have heard
> descriptions of ways of partitioning your harddrive and distributing the
> mount points that will allow you to reinstall Linux without having to wipe
> out the directories containing configuration information and other local
> stuff. Any recommendations?
>
> Up until now I've always just made two partitions: / and swap. I *know*
> there's got to be a better way...
A mail server should have the spools on a seperate partition.
A Web server should have its site dirs on a seperate partition.
If you put /usr/local on its own partition, you won't lose your custon
goodies when you reinstall or upgrade. RHL's RPM obviates the need for a
seperate /usr, since you can non-destructuvely upgrade. You may want to
mount /usr/ read-only, however, in which case you'd need a seperate
partition. Read-only /usr is good.
A seperate /tmp and /var will help you stop overflows and badness.
-- Chris
Christopher Reid Palmer : http://www.innerFireWorks.com/