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| 11 | <version>1.10</version> |
11 | <version>1.11</version> |
| 12 | <date>2005-02-20</date> |
12 | <date>2005-06-10</date> |
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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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| 69 | If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your |
69 | If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your |
| 70 | <path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside |
70 | <path>/var</path> should be separate as all mails are stored inside |
| 71 | <path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your |
71 | <path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your |
| 72 | performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming |
72 | performance. Gameservers will have a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming |
| 73 | servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: |
73 | servers are installed there. The reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: |
| 74 | security and backups. |
74 | security and backups. You will definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: |
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75 | not only will it contain the majority of applications, the Portage tree alone |
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76 | takes around 500 Mbyte excluding the various sources that are stored in it. |
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| 78 | As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate |
81 | As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate |
| 79 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
82 | partitions or volumes have the following advantages: |
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