Data Partition

SBN · 11-06-2007, 01:51 AM

Hey guys i dont get it. according to the manual i read in tldp.org /home /dev /root directories are also considered data partitions.

Nylex · 11-06-2007, 05:26 AM

And? What don't you understand?

pixellany · 11-06-2007, 06:41 AM

Data **can** go in any directory ---by convention it goes in /home (or something linked to /home

When you say "...directories are also considered data partitions", I'm not sure what that means. A partition is just a piece of a drive. It gets mounted to a directory (mountpoint) so that it can be accessed....but "directory" and "partition" are not equivalent terms.

Maybe you could tell us what document you are looking at?

SBN · 11-06-2007, 09:50 PM

Quote:

A partition is just a piece of a drive.

this is also what i know but the posted below confuses me. im not sure if i understand it correctly.

Quote:

The rest of the hard disk(s) is generally divided in data partitions, although it may be that all of the non-system critical data resides on one partition, for example when you perform a standard workstation installation. When non-critical data is separated on different partitions, it usually happens following a set pattern:

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a partition for user programs (/usr)
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a partition containing the users' personal data (/home)
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a partition to store temporary data like print- and mail-queues (/var)
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a partition for third party and extra software (/opt)

(Introduction to Linux A Hands on Guide - www.tldp.org)

pixellany · 11-06-2007, 10:00 PM

I would simply ignore all of this for now....

Those are all standard directories in the Linux hierarchy. All they are really saying is that they **can** be on different partitions. The beginning user has no need to do this. Just make 2 partitions--one for "/", and the other for swap.

SBN · 11-06-2007, 10:58 PM

yeah i think your right... thank you