Proper file system layout

[killerasp]

i read this article about proper file system layout which you can read here (http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/10/11/filesystem.html)

i was wondering what do you guys think about the article and what you think are recommended file system layout

[X_console]

Usually my hard drive partitioned like so:

/
/usr
/home
/tmp
/var

/tmp and /var have their own partitions because 1. /tmp is world-writable and if it exists on /, then your filesystem can be filled up and rendered useless. 2. /var can also be filled up by someone who can force syslogd to constantly write files.

Having multiple partitions is good because if one partition gets corrupted, you have a chance of saving the rest. If everything was on the same partition, then it's over when it gets corrupted.