I think you should put /opt on the SSD. It is, for the effects of this conversation, "your OS". Nearly every other distro keeps all of its meat in /usr, i guess slackware uses /opt for the installed packages instead.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Derek Loree wrote: > > > I would create one bootable partition on the SSD drive for everything > that > > is not /var and /home. Then create two on the spinning platter drive, one > > for /var and one for /home. These two directories are written to a lot > > more than the others. Unless you are dealing with very large files, EXT4 > > should be good enough. > > Derek, > > That's good advice. In addition to /home and /var I'll put /tmp and /opt > on the HDD. Most of what I add here goes in /opt, but some tools (not those > from SlackBuilds.org) default to /usr/local. Since they're installed and > updated infrequently there should be sufficient write cycles to > accommoddate > them. > > Thanks for the advice on EXT4 for both. That makes life simpler for > non-professionals like me. > > Much appreciated, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
