<DIV>Wow.....Thanks for the info! Now I think I understand it all a lot better.</DIV>
<DIV>I see, I've got a bit of planning to do before I just jump in and start installing.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, tHecActUsKid:)<BR><BR><B><I>Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">filesystem layout are really personal perference more then anything <BR>else. the main reason for breaking up filesystems across multiple mount <BR>point are if one filesystem fills up it will not effect the other <BR>filesystems and for backups. /, /boot, /usr, /var are usually the <BR>filesystem used by the OS itself, /home is user space, /usr/local and <BR>/opt for 3rd party apps.<BR><BR>TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:<BR>> *Hi y'all,*<BR>> *I've got a question. Now I read that there's a /boot, /root, /swap, <BR>> /user/local & or /user, (don't really understand the difference?) and <BR>> /home. Are there any others I should know about in a typical <BR>> installation or is this it? What would be the difference between.... in <BR>> the line-up that is....from a Workstation and Server class install. (as <BR>> far as types of partitions) What would be the !
line-up
of either? I know <BR>> I'm not setting up a server class system but for the heck of it what <BR>> would be the line-up? Thanks for all the help.*<BR>> ** <BR>> *tHecActUsKid:)*<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster. <BR>> <HTTP: ?fr="ad-mailsig-home" search.yahoo.com><BR><BR>-- <BR>Darin Perusich<BR>Unix Systems Administrator<BR>Cognigen Corp.<BR>darinper@cognigencorp.com<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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