On 6 Apr 1998, James Youngman wrote:
> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Douglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jeff> IMHO for the average single user Linux system one partition
> Jeff> and a swap partition suffices provided you want to install
> Jeff> only one OS on the hard drive.
>
>
> I strongly disagree; I've been thinking about this a lot over the
> weekend. Having a separate /home partition improves the chances of
> your data surviving a disaster enormously.
>
> It means, for example, that in case of disaster you can even to a
> complete reinstall without losing your personal data. The point is
> that keeping system files (i.e. OS and other files from Red Hat) on a
> separate filesystem from your own files is far, far safer.
At the risk of starting yet another my partition scheme is better
than your partition scheme war, I have to say I also strongely disagree
with the single partition scheme. How many partitions you make is up
to you but IMNSHO you need at least 3, /boot /home and / (I can make
arguments for more but this is a bare minimum).
With the advent of bigger and bigger disks and people wanting to spread out
various operating systems all over the place, if you do not make a
/boot partition on the 1st disk below 1024 cyls (preferably the 1st partition)
sooner or later it will burn you. Making a small (10 Meg or less)
/boot partition allows you to put all of the boot stuff in one place so
that you do not have to worry about all of the BIOS limitations later.
Just my $.02
......Tom "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."
Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
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