Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread marc racal
On 5/9/05, Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have 35 GB hard disk space for installing debian/ustable.I am a > common linux user and would like to do some web programming that means > I need X winodows with KDE and LAMP(linux, apache, mysql, php). To > limit damage upon syste

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread dexter2
have a look at: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/index.html On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 17:30 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, > I have 35 GB hard disk space for installing debian/ustable.I am a > common linux user and would like to do some web programming that means > I ne

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Frank Copeland
On 9 May 05 09:30:14 GMT, Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have 35 GB hard disk space for installing debian/ustable.I am a > common linux user and would like to do some web programming that means > I need X winodows with KDE and LAMP(linux, apache, mysql, php). To > limit da

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Martin Dickopp
"R. Armiento" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Dickopp wrote: >> IMHO, the main reason for having /usr on a separate partition is that >> it can be mounted read-only. > > Good point. But if you have put everything else that requires write > access in separate partitions (eg., /var, /tmp) perhap

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 9 May 2005, R. Armiento wrote: > Good point. But if you have put everything else that requires write > access in separate partitions (eg., /var, /tmp) perhaps one can mount > the whole '/' filesystem read-only? I have never tried that, but if you > mount /usr read-only to protect your bin

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Robert Vangel
R. Armiento wrote: Good point. But if you have put everything else that requires write access in separate partitions (eg., /var, /tmp) perhaps one can mount the whole '/' filesystem read-only? I have never tried that, but if you mount /usr read-only to protect your binaries, one would think that yo

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread R. Armiento
> "R. Armiento" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>The reason to put /usr on an own partition would be that IF the >>semi-frequent changes of this partition somehow would screw up the >>filesystem, you could still bring your system up in a semi-useful state >>using only / and repair things. > Martin D

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Martin Dickopp
"R. Armiento" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The reason to put /usr on an own partition would be that IF the > semi-frequent changes of this partition somehow would screw up the > filesystem, you could still bring your system up in a semi-useful state > using only / and repair things. IMHO, the ma

Re: Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread R. Armiento
Lian Liming wrote: > I have 35 GB hard disk space for installing debian/ustable.I am a > common linux user and would like to do some web programming that means > I need X winodows with KDE and LAMP(linux, apache, mysql, php). To > limit damage upon system crash and better use the hard disk spa

Question about hard disk partition strategy for debian

2005-05-09 Thread Lian Liming
Hi all, I have 35 GB hard disk space for installing debian/ustable.I am a common linux user and would like to do some web programming that means I need X winodows with KDE and LAMP(linux, apache, mysql, php). To limit damage upon system crash and better use the hard disk space, I want to know s