So, are there any recommendations on size for these different partitions? I've got a 60gb drive that I want to dedicate to Linux. The 100GB and 120GB are going to be for miscellaneous storage.
Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Pro's & con's for separate partitions? > On Saturday 29 Jun 2002 9:21 pm, Barry Michels wrote: > > The way I look at it, if I run out of space somewhere and have more space > > on another partition, I'm screwed, right? So, isn't it better to have one > > big / partiton? > > You are correct. That is why my laptop which only has a 2G HD uses one big '/' > partition. You can resize and move partitions, but that is obviously a pain. > > > > > What's the benefit to having separate /, /home, /var, etc? > > You will notice the benefit to separate /home /opt and /etc directories when > you upgrade to Mandrake 9.0. Performing an 'upgrade' to a distro is still not > as reliable as users would like, and many people are more comfortable with a > fresh install right down to reformatting the partitions. If you have just one > big '/' partition that would mean you would lose all your user data in /home, > all your configuration settings in /etc and all your 'extra' applications you > mat have put in /opt. So by having separate partitions you can reformat '/' > and '/usr' without destroying all the other data. > Also if you were running a heavy duty server you would want to have different > partitions to optimise HD performance, but that is not usually a > consideration in a desktop system. > > derek
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