On Wed, 27 Oct 2010, Derek Loree wrote: > I think it is always better (if possible) to use the same partition scheme > on all computers that I build. It doesn't really matter what that scheme > is, consistency is what works over the long run.
Derek, When I first partitioned a hard drive for linux in 1997 I read many suggestions that multiple partitions were better than one contiguous / partition. Now I've been told that the speed of current SATA drives makes the difference moot. Frankly, I don't care one way or the other. My current partition scheme is this: /dev/hda3 swap /dev/hda1 / /dev/hda10 /tmp /dev/hda11 /vm /dev/hda12 /data1 /dev/hda13 /data2 /dev/hda2 /boot /dev/hda5 /home /dev/hda6 /usr /dev/hda7 /usr/local /dev/hda8 /opt /dev/hda9 /var I am open to keeping it this way, using only /, /tmp, and swap, or any other alternative. Perhaps we should run a poll? :-) Seriously, I'm not committed to any particular scheme and I'm not a professional SysAdmin or linux guru so all advice is welcome. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
