Re: Install mount points

From: Mark Taylor (mtaylor_at_lrim.com)
Date: 09/21/03 

Date: 21 Sep 2003 14:46:26 -0500

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> "Mark Taylor" <mtaylor@lrim.com> wrote in message
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>> > I'm installing RH9 for the first time, and I'm setting aside 5GB
>> > for it. What mount point configuration should I use? How many mount
>> > points? Should I have a /usr mount point too?
>> > I know that I need a swap mount point, a / (root) mount point, and
>> > a /boot mount point (i think).
>> > What sizes should they be, with regards to the space I'm allocating
>> > overall?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Jamie:)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Why not just allow it to auto partition this first time? Then, as you
> learn
>> a little more about linux and how your system will be used, you can
>> make intelligent decisions about your partitions.
>>
>> Just a suggestion.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
> I had Redhat 6.2 on my old system many years ago, and I have Partition
> Magic 7.01, so I'm gonna set up the linux partitions before I install.
> Could you please tell me the mount point points and sizes please?
>
>
>

There is no steadfast rule. It really all depends on how you use your
system. Will it be a web server? Mail server? Desktop workstation?

It doesn't HAVE to have more than one (aside from the swap, I think) but
it's best to have a few.

A web server with customer web sites - large /home partition
A mail server with a lot of users - a large /var partition
A destop machine - hardly no /home partition

See what I mean? It's a personal preference.

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