Partition type |
Introduced |
Note |
/boot |
Boot partition |
General Settings The 100m-200m,boot directory contains the kernel of the operating system and the files to be used during the boot process. |
/ |
Root partition |
All directories that do not specify a mount point are placed under this mount point. |
/home |
User Directory |
Generally 100M per user, special purposes, such as enlarged files can also add G. The partition size depends on the number of users. For multi-user computers, it is recommended to separate home/home, but also good control of ordinary user rights, such as the user or user groups to implement disk quota restrictions, user access and so on. |
/tmp |
Temporary files |
General Settings 1-5g, easy to load ISO image file use, for multi-user system or network server to also have a separate mount necessary. Temporary file directory, which is also one of the most frequently problematic directories. |
/usr |
File system |
General settings to 3-15g, most of the user-installed software programs are here. It's like the Windows directory and the program Files directory. Many Linux family systems sometimes use/usr/local as a mount point alone. |
/var |
Variable Data Catalog |
Contains data to be changed when the system is running. Typically, the size of the directory in which the data resides is constantly changing, and system logging is also under/var/log. General multi-user system or network server to establish this partition, set up this partition, the maintenance of the system log is very helpful. Generally set 2-3g size, you can also put the rest of the hard disk space is divided into var. |
/srv |
System Services Directory |
The file directory that is required to store the service startup is not always changed. |
/opt |
Additional applications |
Storage of optional installation files, individuals generally download their own software data inside, such as office, QQ and so on. |
Swap |
Swap partition |
Generally twice times the memory, the maximum specified 2G can be |
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The following are other commonly used partition mount points |
/bin |
Binary executable Directory |
Stored binary executable program, the inside of the program can be called directly from the command line, without the need to enter the folder where the program. |
/sbin |
System administrator commands to store directories |
Store standard system administrator files |
/dev |
Storing device files |
driver files, etc. |