Types of partitions

[Darin Perusich]

filesystem layout are really personal perference more then anything 
else. the main reason for breaking up filesystems across multiple mount 
point are if one filesystem fills up it will not effect the other 
filesystems and for backups. /, /boot, /usr, /var are usually the 
filesystem used by the OS itself, /home is user space, /usr/local and 
/opt for 3rd party apps.

TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
> *Hi y'all,*
> *I've got a question. Now I read that there's a /boot, /root, /swap, 
> /user/local & or /user, (don't really understand the difference?) and 
> /home. Are there any others I should know about in a typical 
> installation or is this it? What would be the difference between.... in 
> the line-up that is....from a Workstation and Server class install. (as 
> far as types of partitions) What would be the line-up of either? I know 
> I'm not setting up a server class system but for the heck of it what 
> would be the line-up? Thanks for all the help.*
> ** 
> *tHecActUsKid:)*
> 
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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com