Fewer partitions are better (Re: Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices)

[Truzzi, Paul S]

David;

I like the logic of why you would not put all data in /.  I'm about to rebuild a system and wonder how you would recommend breaking / up?

Paul

Sorry about the top post ... Working with Outlook :(

-----Original Message-----
From: dballester at kernpharma.com [mailto:dballester at kernpharma.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:25 AM
Hi:
      I understand your point of view but I disagree with you. I'm sysadmin and I NEED to have system data and user data in three or more physical partitions ( at least /boot, / and /where_user-app_data_is ). The reason is disponibility. I'm totaly agree with LVM and RAM reasons that you exposed but having all data in / is dangerous.
      Think about a damaged filesystem. In parititioned systems, if the damaged filesystem is user data or /boot, I can unmount it easily, repair it, and mount it again. If all system except /boot are in /, I need to shutdown the machine, startup in 'recovery mode', repair and start machine.
      In this machine, for example we can have, internal dns, dhcp server, cups ( printing ) and samba server. Using different partitions, samba user data can be unmounted, and printig, dns and dhcp will not be affected. With only / I can have all people in company stopped for a while.
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