On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:52:32PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > The disadvantage of that (assuming you want to avoid LVM) is that for a > really small / you'll need at least separate /var, /usr, /tmp, /srv > and /home partitions and then you have the question what the best > relative sizes are for that particular user.
> Here's a wild idea that could be used to work around that. > Create two partitions: / and a partition e.g. "/media/multifs". > And then bind mount all other partitions inside the second one. > /etc/fstab would look something like this: > <snip> > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/hda3 /media/multifs ext3 defaults 0 2 > /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > /media/multifs/home /home ext3 bind 0 0 > /media/multifs/srv /srv ext3 bind 0 0 > /media/multifs/usr /usr ext3 bind 0 0 > /media/multifs/var /var ext3 bind 0 0 > /media/multifs/tmp /tmp ext3 bind 0 0 > </snip> > I've tested this and it actually seems to work. If people like this idea, > all we'd need is to add support for it in partman :-) > One added advantage would be short fsck times for /. I've done this sort of thing before, in the distant past; I've moved away from it because I couldn't find any real advantages to not just using a single large root partition plus a small /boot. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
