Ena syxno montelo dhmioyrgei tis /, /home kai /var 
katatmhseis opws proanafer8hke. Einai arketa aplo sthn egkatastash kai 
synthrhsh kai diaforopoiei arketa tis katatmhseis wste na 
apofeyx8oun problhmata apo th diarkeia zwhs twn arxeiwn. Boleuei 
kai gia antigrafa: sxedon kanenas den krata antigrafo toy USENET kai 
mono merika arxeia toy /var ajizoyn na krath8oun 
(/var/spool/mail gia paradeigma). Apo thn allh, to 
/ spania allazei kai mporei na antigrafei kata boulhsh 
(gia paradeigma meta apo allages sth diamorfwsh) kai einai arketa 
mikro gia na xwresei se ena monterno meso (peripoy 250 me 500MB, 
analoga me to poses efarmoges exoyn egkatasta8ei). To /home 
perilambanei polutima dedomena xrhstwn, opote 8a prepei na dhmioyrgeitai 
antigrafo ka8hmerina. Merikes egkatastaseis exoyn polu megala /home 
kai prepei na kanoyn prosayjhtika antigrafa.
Merika systhmata bazoyn to /tpm se jexwristh katatmhsh, enw alla 
dhmioyrgoun ena symboliko desmo sto /var/tmp gia na exoyn to idio 
apotelesma (shmeiwste oti ayto mporei na ephreasei to single user mode, opoy 
to /var de 8a einai dia8esimo mexri na dhmioyrgh8ei ena h na to 
anarthsete xeirokinhta sto /var) h to bazoyn se RAM disk (opws kanei 
to Solaris gia paradeigma). Ayto krata to /tmp ejw apo to /, 
mia kalh idea.
To montelo ayto einai boliko kai gia anaba8miseis h epanegkatastaseis: 
krathste ta arxeia diamorfwshs (h oloklhro to /etc) se kapoio /home katalogo, petajte to /, epanegkatasthsete kai janafortwste thn palia 
diamorfwsh apo to /home.