On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:06:27 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote > On Monday 28 June 2004 11:42, Scott Mazur wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:19:46 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote > > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part12 > > > 24601004 3389416 19961900 15% /backup > > > > Cool! Someone else with a hankering for a backup partition. > > > > I partition every HD with at least one backup partion (usually mounted > > on /backup/hda, /backup/hdb, etc) and usually give it 50% of the disk > > space. This way it's at least big enough to save a copy of the entire > > working partitions (or a good supply incremental backups), although to > be > > honest, 20g backup more than covers my needs. And more importantly, > having > > a backup partition on two drives guarantees you won't be toasted > should one > > drive fail. Just my personal preferences... > > > > I'm curious. What is the reasoning for splitting /boot at all? Why > not > > simply leave it in the root / partition? I've always seen it > suggested to > > be split into it's own partion, I just don't see the point. > > > > Scott > > > Cant answer that. I requested info about partitions and processed > those into what I provided. No reason other than I didnt know > enough to do it diffenently. The only reason for having a backup > partition was because that was what was left over and I expected > that to be cleared after transfer to cd-rw. It worked the first > time and hasnt since. Now its too big for a single cd and I cant > figure out how to get it on the cd without splitting some files and > randomly placing the others, it would be a nightmare to restore when > it exceeded 24gb.
So it sounds like the /boot partition is a left over from the "good old days" and doesn't apply to anything even moderatly new anymore (died with the 10G limit?). I'm a big believer in backup up to HD (as opposed to burning disks or dumping to tape). First by backup up to a dedicated backup partition, and even better, syncing 2 backup partitions on separate drives, and even better better, syncing the backups to yet another computer (in case the entire box fries). Of course, I've also customized my full (and incremental) backup scripts to take care of everything nicely so backing up (and restoring) is very convienient. As another personal preference, I always create a single partition mounted as /system at 1g size. I use this partiton to keep custom scripts (like backup/recovery and setup), copies of config files, browser links, misc info, etc. It's just big enough to be useful without taking up to much space. It's my permanent storage area. Between installs and upgrades I can wipe every other partition (including /home) if I have to, without loosing all my own hard work. I'm also guaranteed that no other install/ugrade process will try to touch my stuff. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca)
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