| Directory |
Does this partition grow? (in other words can it harm others?) |
Does it need free space? (will you have problems if it is
on a partition that is filled?) |
Directory needed for minimal system functionality? |
Part of root partition? |
| / |
this is the root partition |
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| /bin |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
| /boot |
not really, when you install new kernels
it grows a little |
no |
yes |
yes/no |
| /dev |
no |
yes (system could crash without free space) |
yes |
yes |
| /etc |
no |
yes (mtab is an example) |
yes |
yes |
| /home |
yes |
n/a |
no |
no |
| /lib |
no (modified during system upgrade only) |
no |
yes (nearly every executable depends on /lib) |
yes |
| /lost+found |
This directory
is part of every filesystem - file system entries orphaned by power failure
go here |
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| /mnt |
no (doesn't really take up space) |
no |
no |
yes |
| /opt |
yes, if you install third party applications
here it can grow |
n/a |
no |
no (you can keep it part of root if it isn't used) |
| /proc |
This is a virtual
filesystem and doesn't actually take up or need any disk space so it is of
no concern. |
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| /root |
no (at least it is not supposed to) |
no |
no? |
yes |
| /sbin |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
| /tmp |
yes |
no (if tmp is filled it will interfere with any applications that try to write to tmp but not crash the system) |
no |
no |
| /usr |
yes |
n/a |
no |
no |
| /var |
yes |
no (will cause problems with applications if space isn't available though) |
no |
no |