thanks ya'll for the idears. I'm thinking that I might just reinstall. After I installed this OS, I found some things I wouldn't mind changing. I didn't do a totally clean install before, but kept the home dir. I might do a totally clean install this time (if I can figure out how to save my Thunderbird settings. Sounds simple - but doesn't seem to be. hrm.) I'm not really looking forward to redoing all my icons/apps, but for a clean machine it's prolly worth it.
Now I have to figure out what partitions I do actually need! but school work comes first... so I will have to put it off ... until later today perhaps. heh. Dawn Daniel Bastos wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, > hoyden wrote: > >> [W]hat do ya'll suggest for space divvying up? >> >> /dev/sda2 19G 3.0G 15G 17% / > > [...] > >> /dev/sda3 22G 21G 40K 100% /home > > Yay. Some appreciated 40K. :-) > > My thoughts on this is that just because we can split things up, it > doesn't mean we really want it. The ``common sense'' comes in forms of > solutions for ``personal computer'' or solutions for ``servers,'' et > cetera. I find the common sense rather based on opinion. > > If the need is there, one can do things to improve performance on i/o, > for example. The kernel is able to write two drives simultaneously. > (Or even two partitions, I believe.) > > If /home runs out of space, it doesn't bother /var, and then the > database server won't stop due to the user's careless space concerns. > > All of this makes total sense. > > But unless you really have busy computers, any of these measures are > hardly necessary. Quiet computers, even quiet servers, could use just > a single /. Of course, if one says ``I've got a busy computer,'' then > one has got a busy computer. I won't disagree with data I don't have, > nor against data I didn't collect. > > There was a time I felt nice having various partitions. In this case, > I'd split it up and do it again until I feel like it. ``No time we > enjoy wasting is wasted time.'' Said someone. > > There is a fabulous program called gparted which controls a program > called parted, which is a [part]ition [ed]itor. It can gracefully > handle some changes. > > Now, someone here mentioned moving directories and linking them > symbolically. This is a fantastic solution to the problem; that's > effectively like resizing partitions. It's like taking space from an > empty partition and giving it to a full partition, and it's done with > two or three comands; the UNIX way. :-) > > And, if you have only /, then whenever you directories grow, and you > need more space, the system gives you the exact amount you need > automatically; no bureaucracy. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG-applications mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-applications > > Reminder: All replies will go back to this mailing list. If you wish to send > a reply to a specific person, please use the reply function and change the > "To:" address to that person before sending. > _______________________________________________ PLUG-applications mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-applications Reminder: All replies will go back to this mailing list. If you wish to send a reply to a specific person, please use the reply function and change the "To:" address to that person before sending.
