on Thu, Nov 14, 2002, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just added a volume manager, and now that I can I would like > separate out my filesystem into different chunks (volume; these are > just virtual partitions if you're unfamiliar with the concept). > Currently my system consists of a small root partition (running out of > space), a swap partition, and a big partition with /usr. > > Can anyone tell me what / directories are reasonable to mount from > other partitions/volumes, and which must stay put for safety? > > Here are my current guesses: > Safe: > /usr > /home (since /root is separate) > /share (oddly, not discussed in FHS) > > Possibly safe: > /var > /tmp (maybe not--if a startup process uses it, and then it gets > mounted over it seems there would be trouble) > > Definitely not:
Not quite: > /bin - Yes > /boot - No. Can be independent partition. > /dev - No, special case. Can be devfs. > /etc - Yes. > /lib - Yes. > /lock > /proc - No. It's not a "real" filesystem. > /root - Yes. > /sbin - Yes. I recommend /tmp as a separate filesystem, though you can leave it as part of / if you want. Mounting filesystems occurs at /etc/rcS.d/S35mountall.sh -- before anything but kernel and root filesystem checks are done. Any processes needing to _use_ /tmp are started after mountall.sh. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Übersoft: You Will be Assimilated. http://www.ubersoft.net/
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