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Learning the Directory Structure > Dealing with Floppy and CD-ROM Drives - Pg. 56

56 Chapter2·NokiaIPSOOverview /dev/wd0a 37556 167 34385 0% 0% 100% 2% /config /var /opt /dev/wd0d /dev/wd0e procfs 14732935 2561196 4 66923 46809 4 13487378 2309492 0 /proc Keep in mind that newer models have bigger hard drives. You can see that /var has the most free space, which makes sense when you consider that /var holds firewall and system logs as well as temporary file space. Nokia actually uses a set of formulas to determine disk partition sizes. Table 2.3 shows the formulas for any IPSO of version 3.4 or later. Table 2.3 IPSO Partition Formulas Partition /config Swap leftover space / /opt /var Size and/or Formula 32MB (size of disk * 0.25) Note - with a max of 1 GB (size of disk - /config - swap) ((leftover * 2) / 7) Note - with a max of 600 MB (leftover / 7) (leftover - (/opt + /) N ote With the introduction of IPSO 3.6 and Disk Mirroring, an additional 128 KB is set aside by the installation process. Please refer to Nokia Solution ID 1132425 for more information about how IPSO partitions the disks. Dealing with Floppy and CD-ROM Drives Sometimes you will have to deal with floppy or CD-ROM drives based on the model of Nokia IP Appliance you are using. IPSO has support for mounting MS-DOS formatted floppy disks, but you first need to create a mount point for the floppy. Do this with the mkdir /var/floppy command, then run the mount command: mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /var/floppy