[CentOS] newbie question on installation over existing Linux

[John R Pierce]

On 6/8/2015 5:08 PM, g wrote:
> ie, partition for boot, partition for swap, partition for /, partition
> home, partition for usr, partition for var, partition for home2,
> partition for what ever.


that model is not generally recommended anymore, at least not putting 
/usr on its own partition, there's just too many issues with that 
nowdays.   I don't like putting /var in its own partition either as its 
all too intertwined with root.   the problem with lots of little 
partitions is your freespace gets fragmented.

/home in a dedicated partition, sure. 
/var/lib/${DATABASE_OR_WEB_SERVER}, ditto...


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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz