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Wezzy
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:02 pm    Post subject: Partitioning Reply with quote
Hi all, i usually make 2 partitions for my OpenBSD installations, are
there any problems with this solution. I ask it because i've seen a lot
of tutorial suggesting a log of partition, one for /var one for homes
and so on.
are there any advantages with a lot of partition ?

Thanks a lot


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Partitioning Reply with quote
On 23/02/2005 4:02 PM, Wezzy wrote:
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Hi all, i usually make 2 partitions for my OpenBSD installations, are
there any problems with this solution. I ask it because i've seen a lot
of tutorial suggesting a log of partition, one for /var one for homes
and so on.
are there any advantages with a lot of partition ?


More than one can cover in a single posting.

- You can control write access to an entire mount (i.e., "/") for added
security
- You can control disk usage on a per-mount basis for /home /var/log or
/var/www so users can't DOS your system by filling up the filesystem
- You can easily upgrade an entire system w/o necessarily blowing away
(or needlessly copying) user data. Just move the /home mount to
wherever you need it.
- Need more space in /usr /var or something? Just add a new drive and
remount the partition from there.
- Typing "df -h" gives you a nice satisfying list of filesystems :)

I'm sure I've missed some obvious ones. The FAQ talks a little about this.

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