On 26/09/05, Daniel Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why is it interesting to have a different partition > for / and for /home? I have never seen the point in a > home > computer. Isnt it more painful to have to calculate > the size for each partition > > Thanks > Daniel
off the top of my head: * If /home gets hosed, you can still get in single-user to fix/restore it. * same for backups * you can set quotas on a per-partition basis. * one dumb user (possibly you) is not going to be able to fill / * you can reuse /home between different Linuxes * when you reinstall, skip formatting /home and you don't lose your data Besides, with LVM (yes, I am an LVM cheerleader) you don't have to know the size in advance - give it a gb and you can always grow it afterwards. I'm actually starting to think about giving each user their own partition, since it's so little hassle. -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
