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Which THREE directories should he consider for separate partitions?

George is planning a partition scheme for a new Linux installation. Which THREE directories should he consider for separate partitions?

(Select THREE answers)

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A.
/etc

B.
/home

C.
/var

D.
/lib

E.
/tmp

Explanation:
B) and C) to allow for easy upgrade to larger harddrives
E) because everyone can write to /tmp and it is possible to use up (almost) all the free disk space. Putting /tmp on a seperate, smaller partition prevents that.
A) and D) should not be seperated from / according to FHS.


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