/boot at beginning of drive

[Brendan Grossman]

> > > > > Databases are stored in /var/db for security reasons
> > > >
> > > > Just curious... What are the security reasons? After 
> some thought, 
> > > > here's what I'm planning on doing...
> > > >
> > > > Disk is 73gb scsi...
> > > >
> > > > /	500mb
> > > > swap	4gb
> > > > /var	4gb
> > > > /usr	4gb
> > > > /home	remainder (about 60gb)
> > > >
> > > > then /var/db/mysql -> /home/mysql
> 
> You can safely leave /home as part of the /usr filesystem 
> i.e. it will be /usr/home. That will gain you 4gb overall. I 
> usually only define /home if I'm using a separate drive or 
> network filesystem. If you're going to symlink mysql you 
> probibly don't need 4GB in var. My webserver is running 
> @500MB on /var with 10 databases. 1 or 2GB will be plenty.

Hmm is there much point then in having /var separate?

I have 300 users that need 200mb max space each. That's 60gb of user data if
maxed out. The data will generally be in /var/db/mysql and /home

Now if I was to have a 2gb /var, if it gets filled up by say half the users'
databases, then there's half left whom will be unable to create databases
since /var is full. 

That's why I want to put all if not most user data on one partition.

If I put /home on /usr, I might as well just do the following and save any
headaches...

/	500mb
swap	4gb
/usr	remainder

Then /home -> /usr/home
And /var -> /usr/var