Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Nadav Har'El wrote:
> 
> >So now I alway partition my disks with one huge partition (in addition to
> >small /boot and swap partitions, of course). I recently created a 80 GB
> >partition, and it seems to be working well.
> >
> 
> I also separate /home. Reason being, this way I can reinstall the OS
> and not lose any important data. 

For the same reason, I sometimes have a separate /usr/local partition.
You need some space where system-wide stuff not related to the OS
itself resides. Think /usr/local/cvs and things like that.

In general, I would like to stress the point that Nadav and Shachar
make: your decision may be different for a single-user home box and a
production server.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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