On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:33:33 -0800 "Truzzi, Paul S" <paul.s.truzzi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David; > > I like the logic of why you would not put all data in /. I'm about to rebuild a system and wonder how you would recommend breaking / up? > > Paul > > Sorry about the top post ... Working with Outlook :( > Yes I had a heck of a time finding out where this post came from not just yours but others doing "hi everyone (Re:old thread here)" subjects. Anyway, I'm not sure if you know about the security problems (hardlinks) associated with having a single root partition. You can see a real world example here: http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html Another thing I do not hear much on but is a good idea is.. speed. certain parts of a cylinder are faster than others for instance you don't need /boot to be fast you only use it once a month, but swap you want to keep as near to the middle of the disk as you can since its the fastest, or a database with large files will also see significant performance improvements. Keeping two partitions close together if they constantly accesses each other is also a good idea.
