[mythtv-users] Suggestions for a partition structure

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/21/2013 3:05 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> As to partitioning, I have partitions for '/', /home, /usr/local, and 
> /var. /var/lib/mysql and /var/www/html both actually symlink into 
> /home as /var cannot be guaranteed to remain across an install. I 
> separate /var to avoid the problem of a runaway process filling the 
> partition.

Just as importantly, if you have a runaway log process, and your MySQL 
storage is on a different partition, it will not crash and have to be 
recovered when the partition is filled.