Posted by member 71746 on 2003-11-22 20:20:26 link
Rabid, tried your ckhotspots update and litestep threw up all over my keyboard. Posted a message describing the error alert in the General section as I'm not sure if it's ckHotspots' fault or if it's because of something changed in the new LS build or the theme installer or something.
Omar, that's a good way to do it - pretty similar to mine.
I have
C: cerebrum
D: medulla
E: cerebellum
F: temp
G: cd
H: cd
I: video
J: audio
C through E are partitions on a 40 gig, F is a 40 gig, I and J are both 60 gigs (there wasn't even room in my case for the last 60 gig, it's just dangling from its power/IDE cables hehe)
C is arranged like
C:\app
C:\gam
C:\net
C:\snd
C:\vid
etc... Any general-purpose apps are installed into C:\app instead of D:\Program Files\
I installed the system onto D:, so windows automatically created the Program Files and Documents and Settings folders on that drive instead of C.
D: has things like
D:\Documents and Settings
D:\Link (this is a directory I've added to the PATH= env-var, and filled with .lnk files to all my commonly used apps so I can just hit CTRL-SHIFT-X to focus LSXCommand then type "bp" to run bulletproof FTP, or "kl" to run kazaa lite, or "word" to run ms word, etc. This way I don't have to set up definitions in a config file for lsx aliases, i can just drag and drop shortcuts and rename them, plus if I switch shells to explorer I can still access these through win-R (the Run... dialog)
D:\Program Files (this is where I dump anything like codecs or system-function related stuff like CursorXP - things I don't anticipate myself ever having any reason whatsoever to dig around in)
D:\Win2K
etc
E: has stuff like
E:\doc (the equivalent of My Documents but I hate My Documents and don't like having to dig through deeply nested profile folders to get at my docs)
E:\img (my image repository, stuff like funny .jpgs and cool wallpapers)
E:\pub (some ftp contents and home dirs, web site contents)
Basically it's mapped out like a brain for the may system drive:
the C: partition is the Cerebrum, the part of the brain responsible for conscious functions like drawing pictures or playing songs. (apps)
the D: partition is the Medulla Oblongata, the part of the brain responsible for unconscious functions like breathing, circulating blood, etc (system functions)
the E: partition is the Cerebellum, the part of the brain not really responsible for doing much, but it holds all your long-term and short-term memory. (documents, images, website stuff)
The F: drive just has
F:\tmp (%temp%)
F:\upl (uploads, which tends to be a rather bloated directory as sometimes MONTHS will pass before I get around to watching a movie I've downloaded)
I: has only 1 dir,
I:\pub
which holds
I:\pub\full movies\ (which mainly acts as a secondary movie repository when my uploads dir gets too heavy for that drive)
J: simply has
J:\pub
J:\rip
in J:\pub there's \archive (stuff I've ripped or downloaded and burned to cd, but wanted to keep online for relatively frequent listening), \mp3 and \shn (stuff I've just recently ripped or downloaded and haven't gotten around to burning yet) and because there isn't room on the video drive, i also have \tv in the J:\pub dir.
I've got swaps of varying sizes on all partitions. (If only RAID-like swap handling could be accomplished, my memory-manipulation would be fast as lightning hehe)
The basic reasoning behind this layout is for ease of navigation and defragging - I can defrag the uploads/temp dir any time because it's not having system info written to it starting the defrag over from the start, and that's the drive that needs defragging the most. I can defrag the system drive in no time at all because the only stuff on it is the system and it's nice and small, likewise with the apps drive, audio or video drives.
Another huge bonus is security. By setting up different access permissions and keeping the system drive on D: instead of C: it's protected from any yet-undiscovered exploits that allow someone to take control of the shared C: drive. (Just because you can disable NetBIOS over TCP in your network properties doesn't mean someone won't find a way around that in the future)
Oh and btw, setting up unattended installs is a breeze - when you start the installation it creates a text file in the root of whatever drive windows is set to install into, you just have to go into that text file and input responses to the various listed prompts, save it, and click the "Reboot now" button that was hanging in the background while you were editing the text file :) However afaik even that doesn't let you alter your Program Files or Documents and Settings paths, it just lets you not have to go see the computer every 20 minutes to clikc 2 buttons..
Man, it's so nice to live in a day and age where the tools are available to really secure a system so one can feel free to list their file structure organization on a public forum without having to fear that I'm telling crackers exactly how to get in, like back in the Security-Through-Obscurity days..
Say, what WAS the topic anyhow...? ;)
Omar, that's a good way to do it - pretty similar to mine.
I have
C: cerebrum
D: medulla
E: cerebellum
F: temp
G: cd
H: cd
I: video
J: audio
C through E are partitions on a 40 gig, F is a 40 gig, I and J are both 60 gigs (there wasn't even room in my case for the last 60 gig, it's just dangling from its power/IDE cables hehe)
C is arranged like
C:\app
C:\gam
C:\net
C:\snd
C:\vid
etc... Any general-purpose apps are installed into C:\app instead of D:\Program Files\
I installed the system onto D:, so windows automatically created the Program Files and Documents and Settings folders on that drive instead of C.
D: has things like
D:\Documents and Settings
D:\Link (this is a directory I've added to the PATH= env-var, and filled with .lnk files to all my commonly used apps so I can just hit CTRL-SHIFT-X to focus LSXCommand then type "bp" to run bulletproof FTP, or "kl" to run kazaa lite, or "word" to run ms word, etc. This way I don't have to set up definitions in a config file for lsx aliases, i can just drag and drop shortcuts and rename them, plus if I switch shells to explorer I can still access these through win-R (the Run... dialog)
D:\Program Files (this is where I dump anything like codecs or system-function related stuff like CursorXP - things I don't anticipate myself ever having any reason whatsoever to dig around in)
D:\Win2K
etc
E: has stuff like
E:\doc (the equivalent of My Documents but I hate My Documents and don't like having to dig through deeply nested profile folders to get at my docs)
E:\img (my image repository, stuff like funny .jpgs and cool wallpapers)
E:\pub (some ftp contents and home dirs, web site contents)
Basically it's mapped out like a brain for the may system drive:
the C: partition is the Cerebrum, the part of the brain responsible for conscious functions like drawing pictures or playing songs. (apps)
the D: partition is the Medulla Oblongata, the part of the brain responsible for unconscious functions like breathing, circulating blood, etc (system functions)
the E: partition is the Cerebellum, the part of the brain not really responsible for doing much, but it holds all your long-term and short-term memory. (documents, images, website stuff)
The F: drive just has
F:\tmp (%temp%)
F:\upl (uploads, which tends to be a rather bloated directory as sometimes MONTHS will pass before I get around to watching a movie I've downloaded)
I: has only 1 dir,
I:\pub
which holds
I:\pub\full movies\ (which mainly acts as a secondary movie repository when my uploads dir gets too heavy for that drive)
J: simply has
J:\pub
J:\rip
in J:\pub there's \archive (stuff I've ripped or downloaded and burned to cd, but wanted to keep online for relatively frequent listening), \mp3 and \shn (stuff I've just recently ripped or downloaded and haven't gotten around to burning yet) and because there isn't room on the video drive, i also have \tv in the J:\pub dir.
I've got swaps of varying sizes on all partitions. (If only RAID-like swap handling could be accomplished, my memory-manipulation would be fast as lightning hehe)
The basic reasoning behind this layout is for ease of navigation and defragging - I can defrag the uploads/temp dir any time because it's not having system info written to it starting the defrag over from the start, and that's the drive that needs defragging the most. I can defrag the system drive in no time at all because the only stuff on it is the system and it's nice and small, likewise with the apps drive, audio or video drives.
Another huge bonus is security. By setting up different access permissions and keeping the system drive on D: instead of C: it's protected from any yet-undiscovered exploits that allow someone to take control of the shared C: drive. (Just because you can disable NetBIOS over TCP in your network properties doesn't mean someone won't find a way around that in the future)
Oh and btw, setting up unattended installs is a breeze - when you start the installation it creates a text file in the root of whatever drive windows is set to install into, you just have to go into that text file and input responses to the various listed prompts, save it, and click the "Reboot now" button that was hanging in the background while you were editing the text file :) However afaik even that doesn't let you alter your Program Files or Documents and Settings paths, it just lets you not have to go see the computer every 20 minutes to clikc 2 buttons..
Man, it's so nice to live in a day and age where the tools are available to really secure a system so one can feel free to list their file structure organization on a public forum without having to fear that I'm telling crackers exactly how to get in, like back in the Security-Through-Obscurity days..
Say, what WAS the topic anyhow...? ;)