> I used to use multiple partitions as you do. > > Nowadays, the only partitions I use are: > /boot - about 1GiB > / - root partition, the rest > This way, it's really simple, and the old reasons (for most home users > at least) for having multiple partitions are no longer valid (separate > backups, making sure /root does not fill up, etc), since the HDDs are > so capacious.
But then I assumed that having all in different partitons helped at the time of upgrade? Please prove me wrong. > Sounds like you might have some other problem though. Your current > partition setup should not be a _performance_ problem as far as I can > tell, although I would consider it a disk flexibility problem for > sure. > > If you really want multiple partitions (besides a separate /boot) then > LVM is your friend - and it future or if you're adventurous, BTRFS > instead. The HDD I have in my laptop has somewhat low rpms, maybe that's the issue? Its a sata HDD with 5400 rpms! > > But WHY do you want them on separate partitions? XY problem? Already answered you above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CA+Jf9AG1UCNKHU02ipyo4Rfd_M1U5Dj7ZUqx7G5r==qdcur...@mail.gmail.com
