On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Ian Mortimer wrote: > > > under /var, you'd find things like web and ftp server data that you'd > > probably want to carry across to the new install. on the other hand, > > there's stuff like, perhaps, /var/log or /var/cache or /var/run that > > you might not care about. > > Ideally /var/www, /var/ftp, /var/cvs, /var/mysql and the like should > each be on their own separate partition. > > Easy enough to do that using lvm. ouch. sure, it's easier with LVM, but it also confirms my initial point that the whole directory layout under /var really is a mess -- a mixture of both static and dynamic data. /srv is starting to look really appealing right about now. rday
