Subject: Re: Install 1.6 iso on a VS3100/38
To: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polderland.nl>
From: David A. Woyciesjes <daw@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/21/2002 10:48:46
On 10/19/02, Olaf Seibert scribbled:

> On Tue 15 Oct 2002 at 10:47:29 -0400, David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
> > 	BTW, can sysinst install onto just one partition? Or does it have
> > to have a separate /usr partition? I've never tried, but it would be
> > handy for this kind of setup here. That way, the / part uses as much of
> > the drive as it can...
>
> That's an unusual setup... normally one makes / as small as possible
> with /usr taking up the rest of the disk. Or even better, have separate
> partitions for /, /tmp, /var and /home, with /home taking up as much as
> possible.
>
> -Olaf.
>

	Yes, it is unusual, but it would be handy, for a fresh install,
where I want to stick each seperate partition on seperate drives instead.
Like if I had a handful of small, 1 or 2 GB drives. Have / on one drive,
swap on another, and /usr on a third drive.

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