In addition, I'd split out /tmp, and of course don't forget your swap which
the old rule of thumb is 2*physical ram, but I usually use 128M+ (2.2.x) or so with
disk capacities being so outrageously huge.
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 02:16:18PM -0500, Brian Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Jason Grovert wrote:
>
> > What is the best way to partition a drive as far as sizing goes. Let's say
> > I have a 8 gig hard drive. How would everyone do it and for what reasons?
>
>
> Depends on what you are doing with it. I usually do
>
> 10 for /boot
> 100-150 for /
> 100-200 for /var
> 250 for /opt
>
> then the rest divided between /var/spool/mail, /usr and /export/home (i do
> the solaris style of using /export/home, with autofs mounting under /home
> as needed... force of habit, i work mostly with sun)
>
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