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| 11 | <version>2.00</version> |
11 | <version>2.1</version> |
| 12 | <date>2005-03-28</date> |
12 | <date>2005-06-10</date> |
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| 14 | <section> |
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| 15 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
15 | <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
| 16 | <subsection> |
16 | <subsection> |
| 17 | <title>Block Devices</title> |
17 | <title>Block Devices</title> |
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| 106 | If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your |
106 | If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your |
| 107 | <path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside |
107 | <path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside |
| 108 | <path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your |
108 | <path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your |
| 109 | performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming |
109 | performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming |
| 110 | servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: |
110 | servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: |
| 111 | security and backups. |
111 | security and backups. You will definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: |
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112 | not only will it contain the majority of applications, the Portage tree alone |
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113 | takes around 500 Mbyte excluding the various sources that are stored in it. |
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| 115 | As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate |
117 | As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate |
| 116 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
118 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
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