[H-GEN] modifying the hardware setup

[David Jericho]

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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:47:37AM +1000, Ewan Edwards wrote:
> I usually mount extra drive partition(s) under /opt or under /mnt.  The only 
> time anything is mounted any where in /home is when an individual user is 
> wanting control over access to a remote Windoze or Samba share.  In such 
> cases the share is mounted on a sub-directory in the user's home directory 
> where she/he can use smbmount.

Well, it depends entirely what you want to do, and there are no real
hard and fast rules in this area. 

For example, if I run a mail server, usually all that extra oodles of
disk space that isn't really needed on that bottom of the line 80GB
drive you just bought ends up in /var, /var/log, and /var/spool. 

If it's a database server, I tend to follow the Oracle method, and
name the spools /u01, /u02 and so on.

For a inhouse user file server, /home is usually where I mount it. 

If I'm stumped, I'll just do /data01. It's quite clear that it's just
data. I could always add a /data02 as needs require.

> I think this whole issue is just a matter of preference.  I believe it to be 
> easier to manage the way I do it.  I'm quite sure others will have differing 
> opinions.

Well, exactly. I try to make the mount points obvious. There really is
nothing wrong with mounting stuff in /, so long as it's clear
and obvious as to what its use is.

> I'm also realy interested in finding out about any open source or Linux based 
> utilities to do the same thing as Ghost.  I have heard there is something 
> available thats basically just a collection of shell scripts.  Unfortunately, 
> I've never found or seen it.

I've been meaning to have a good hard look at Mondo sometime, but I've
never gotten around to it. If I recall correctly, the latest versions
have added some networking ability to restore images. Still not as
spiffy as Ghost though.

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David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Bytecomm Pty Ltd


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