From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 17 19:27:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA11322 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 19:27:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from d198-232.uoregon.edu (d198-232.uoregon.edu [128.223.198.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA11309 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 19:27:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu) Received: (from mini@localhost) by d198-232.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA24132; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 19:25:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971117192532.37475@micron.mini.net> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 19:25:32 -0800 From: Jonathan Mini To: Timothy J Luoma Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NBQ: Why partitioning? (was: Re: Partitioning suggestions?) Reply-To: Jonathan Mini References: <199711180019.TAA01983@dyson.iquest.net> <199711180202.VAA04479@luomat.peak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199711180202.VAA04479@luomat.peak.org>; from Timothy J Luoma on Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 09:02:27PM -0500 X-files: The Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Timothy J Luoma stands accused of saying: > > As someone who has only booted FBSD twice (before it failed... not > surprising since I am not sure what I am doing) I've been trying to learn by > lurking,,,, and I'm still not understanding why FBSD and some other UN*X'es > put /var /usr /tmp &etc on different partitions. > > To me it seems like it is just asking for wasted space here and > running out of space there. > > What am I missing? How many times have you had to reinstall Window 95 becuase one part of it got currupted? While FreeBSD is much more stable, accidents due happen (power failures and the like) If one filesystem is corrutped, less is lost. Not to metion that you should be making backups at any rate. Other than recovery from a crash, there are two other considerations : - performance : /usr /tmp and /var are often used at the same time (assuming a multi-user system) and if they are seperate drives, things move along faster. - size : Rember how (ahem) long-lived UNIX is. When you need to have a x Meg system ,and your drives are x/4 Megs in size, you've got to split it into several filesystems. There are your reasons. :) I'm sure there are probably more. > > Thanks > TjL > -- Jonathan Mini Ingenious Productions Software Development P.O. Box 5693, Eugene, Or. 97405 "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."