Re: Partitioning scheme/size

[chuck yerkes <chuck@snew.com>]

My typical setup ('cept on Fat Alphas):
/  35MB   can be readonly with a terminal attached and no net logins.
          Never (ever) needed more.
/var  100MB  [nodev/nosuid/noexec]
             logs,mail,print spool. Mail machines get their 
             own mqueue partition.
/usr  200MB  [mounted read only]
/tmp   varies.  [nodev/nosuid/noexec] MFS is fine sometimes.
              sometimes bumps because some packages want to
              toss a script in there and run it.  tough.
SWAP   varies.  1.5 - 2 x RAM is a baseline.
/home  Rest Of Disk will contain /usr/src/ and /usr/obj/ data often.
              [nosuid/nodev - and often noexec on production machines]

/JAIL/  20MB  [readonly] contains a JAIL area for named, www, ftp,
              and so forth may have /JAIL/dev/ for a couple needed devices.
/JAIL/DATA 50MB (or more on web machines)  [nosuid/noexec/nodev]
              data for named, web, so forth.

Now this is somewhat anal.  The writable partitions don't allow
devices or programs to be executed.  Why?  It means that new programs
don't just "appear" suddenly.  This is deliberate and the common
setup I use on a machine that's set up, done, just running it's
stuff.  I don't WANT sudden change.  Break it, it's a pain in the
ass to hack.  (properly, RO partitions are on pinned RO disks).

May be a pain for a home machine to kick around on, but it's a
goal.

Quoting kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com):
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 06:02:48PM -0500, David J. Kanter wrote:
> > I was thinking:
> > /      64M
> > /var   64M
> > /home  100M
> > /usr   2-4Gb
> > /tmp seems too small to dedicate a separate partition.
> ...until it isn't (small).
> 
> Here's my standard FAQ on partitioning.  It's oriented to Debian
> GNU/Linux, but should be largely applicable.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The following is my recommended partitioning for a typical
> workstation/server Debian GNU/Linux x86 box:
>     /         50 - 100 MB
>     /tmp      50 - 100 MB
>     /var      200 - 500 MB
>     /usr      1 - 2+  GB
>     /usr/local        1 - 2+  GB
>     /home         remainder