Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices

[WipeOut]

Ronny Buchmann wrote:

>On Wednesday 28 January 2004 16:01, Ron Herardian wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>
>>When installing everything and allowing for future updates and packages I
>>am using the following disk layout:
>>
>>	Mount Point	Size
>>	/boot		100MB
>>    
>>
>I really wonder why people still use /boot partitions when they have a small 
>root (/) partition.
>
>My prefered layout is
>/ 500M
>/2 500M (alternate root for testing/upgrading)
>
>everything else on LVM
>/usr 5-6G
>/var 1G
>/tmp 1G
>/home - what one needs
>/opt
>/usr/local - if you use it much
>
>  
>
Thats actually not a bad idea.. In fact I may actually use it.. :)

Later..