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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:19:51 -0600
From:      John <john@starfire.mn.org>
To:        Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at>
Cc:        Peterhin <hindrich@worldchat.com>
Subject:   Re: Partition Size
Message-ID:  <20050124221951.C8180@starfire.mn.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050125004847.1203643D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org>; from Shadow333@gmx.at on Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:43:35AM %2B0100
References:  <200501241943.20596.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050125004847.1203643D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:43:35AM +0100, Oliver Leitner wrote:
> i dont see the /usr in your calculations...

That is actually consistent with his source.  Greg Lehey's recommendation
is to not separate root and /usr.

> aside of that...
> 
> it really depends on what youre going to do with the system, or which data 
> its going to be holding...
> 
> this is absolutely subjective, cant tell you as long as i dont get any 
> further data on the probably size of your data, and where theyll be stored...

Exactly.  For people who are running a database, or a web server,
or developing code, some or all of this projects may warrant their
own file systems.

There may be other things you want to do, too.  I actually like to
put /usr/src and /usr/obj in filesystems different from /usr, but
that's just me.  In fact, I like to keep /usr static to the greatest
degress possible.  So, if it was my system, I'd set it up with
those additional filesystems.

In your specific case, maybe you want a separate /pictures filesystem,
or a filesystem that you would mount as /home/your-login/pictures
or something like that.

Or - maybe you don't even want to use it all.  Leave it "uncarved"
for future filesystems as yet unthoughtof.
-- 

John Lind
john@starfire.MN.ORG



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