On 2 Mar 1999, Michael Graff wrote:

> VaX#n8 <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com> writes:
> 
> > What kind of partition sizes and schemes are people using?
> 
> Here's my typical server setup:
> 
> /	512M
> swap	513M (1M larger than memory I expect to ever add, I'm strange)
> /usr	1G to 1.5G
> /var	1G to 2G
> 
> I also have a 1G disk for /var/qmail on one server.
> 
> My typical client setup is:
> 
> /	512M
> swap	257M
> /usr	1G to 1.5G
> /var	512M (or just on /, depending on my mood that day)
> 
> It would be nice to either be able to resize things, or share space
> between filesystems.  That's one thing that Digital Unix does that I
> wish we could do.
Why can't you do ONE partition+swap for everything?
I know it's less safe, but why not for single-user system/workstation?
Or 3 partitions-/,swap/usr ?
> 
> --Michael
>