> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:59:26PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
>> Quite honestly, there are only two cases that I see are all that valid:
>>
>> (a) if you're a single user, single disk workstation, just make one
>> partition for swap, and one big one for everything else
>>
>> (b) if you're a server, than you bettah split out /tmp, /var, /usr, possibly
>> /var/mail, yadda yadda sysadmin black art
>>
>> I don't see any benefit to a user in situation (a) in making more than one
>> partition.
>
> I think you are agreeing with me. There are some benefits for a single user
to
> create more than one partition: for example, splitting off /home to preserve
> personal data and settings in the event of a switch to another operating
> system. However, this situation is nowhere near common enough to justify
> tailoring the installation process and/or documentation to that task. If the
> user has more advanced partitioning _requirements_, they should have more
> advanced partitioning _skills_ as well.
>
> Perhaps a pointer to a partitioning HOWTO would be appropriate.
Yes there is a pointer there. Perhaps just take out the paragraph would be
best.
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