[geeks] Solaris 8 partitioning

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 10:23 , Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> So, here is my current plan:
> / 100megs on the 2.1gig drive
> swap 384 megs on the 2.1gig drive
> /var 100megs on the 2.1gig drive
> /usr 1.5gigs on the 2.1 gig drive
> /tmp 1gig on the 4.3 gig drive
> /var/mail 200 megs on the 4.3gig drive
> /home 2.8gigs on the 4.3gig drive.

Too much partitioning.  My suggestion:

/ = all but 256M of boot disk (2.1g)
256M of swap.

Make the 4.3G drive /export/home

You don't need a /tmp, tmpfs is better.   If you feel the need for a 
separate /var, make it 512M on the 2.1G drive, taking away from root.  
(I do this if I expect /var to fill up.)

Since 2.6, it makes little sense to over-partition solaris.  Pre-2.6, I 
would advocate a different scheme, but now there is no need.

-Pete