On 28/02/07, Glen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The One True Partitioning scheme is / :-) Seriously, for a single-spindle machine I wouldn't stuff about with partitioning unless you want to encrypt your home directory with dm_crypt.
I think there's a bit more utility than that in at least making /home it's own partition: * (L)Users can't fill up the entire disk, only /home. * Conversely, overly-verbose daemons logging through syslog/their own log files to /var/log aren't going to unexpectedly prevent Grandma from saving that 150Mb image she's been working on in Gimp * Backup/restore/reinstall is easy - wipe the / partition, but leave /home untouched. Viola, all user files and preferences are kept, while the system is upgraded or restored. -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
