Re: Newbe: Partition recommendations?

[Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Eze Ogwuma wrote:
> >partition. This will ensure that you can protect the data in the /home
> >partition during upgrades. I know that Red Hat should protect your
> >system during upgrades but that's not always the way things work.
> 
> I'm curious; what is it that makes /home somehow more secure if it happens
> to point to a different partition instead of just a different directory?

Well, if all else fails and you decide to reformat your root partition and
do a complete re-install, you don't lose your /home partition.

I always create a /usr/local partition for the exact same reason
(/usr/local has stuff that I want to be around if I have to wipe the root
partition and reinstall).

Most people don't plan to wipe out their root partition, but, as the
saying goes, **it happens.   

However: If you're just playing around, by all means just make one big
partition for your whole system. As long as you don't have any critical
data on the system, no big deal. Also no big deal if you have good
backups. Alas, many of us don't :-(. 

Eric Lee Green   [EMAIL PROTECTED]          Executive Consultants
Systems Specialist               Educational Administration Solutions
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