Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:21:36 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: peter@sysadmin-inc.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partitions and a new install Message-ID: <3A1C0EB0.3A6922CD@wmptl.com> References: <000901c054c8$65409ea0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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Peter Brezny wrote: > > For a production firewall machine, is it important to create separate > partitions (slices) for different labels. > > For example, is it a good idea to put > > / > /var > /usr > /home > > on separate partitions to help keep the possibility of file system > corruption from taking out more than one of these areas at a time? > > TIA > > Peter Brezny > SysAdmin Services Inc. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Personally, on a firewall machine I try to put them all on one partition, < 100Megs total, and mount it read-only; if at all possible, make the bios write-protect it as well. Makes for easy/quick backup, and by write-protecting it assures better security. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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