Jim Hague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 29-Nov-2001 Russell Andrew Willis wrote: > > I am a relatively new user under RH7.1 on a dual boot drive with Win98. > > I have been doing some research on the Linux file system layout > > especially the pros & cons of multiple partitions. I understand the > > importance of specific files/ directories & their positioning on the > > file system tree. I am interested in some clear guidance on what > > structure would be suitable for a home user (nothing too complex). ... > I then moved through a single filesystem partition to my current > position; a 3Mb /boot partition (my BIOS is old enough to find >8Gb > discs problematic), a 4Gb / partition and the rest as /home. I split > / and /home because at the time I anticipated moving from RH to > Debian and wanted a clear boundary between user files and OS ones. > When I did move, I wiped the / partition and installed Debian, and > then hooked up /home once that was all in place. Now, of course, I > see I'm at 99% usage on / so am going to run into trouble in the > future if I keep installing new toys. :-) > > So if you have lots of disc space and want to experiment with > different distros, a separate home partition might be useful. At > this stage, though, I'd suggest you do the simple thing and have one > filesystem partition. this is exactally the sort of setup i've got in place, too. i used to have extra partitions floating around in /share or something, but came to the conclussion the majority of my stuff is in /home, or should be (since it relates to me as a user, not the system). but to the original poster, you're probably not going to have any problems with just using one partition - doing so certainly isn't going to land you in a position further down the track where you might regret it. cheers! > > Oh, and watch out for older Unix manuals that propose various interesting > schemes (e.g. separate partitions for /usr, /var and so forth). All great fun, > and possibly useful for large production multi-user environments, but irrelevant > for modern home use. > > -- > Jim Hague - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Play) > Never trust a computer you can't lift or you don't control. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- Damien Elmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
