IMHO for the average single user Linux system one partition and a
swap partition suffices provided you want to install only one OS
on the hard drive. Foresight when slicing up a large HD can save
you aggravation later if you are entertaining multiple OS's. If
not then one partition will work. In the past, smaller hard disks
were frequently allocated to a single filesystem. That's still
the case for multi-user production systems and I favor multiple
partitions for this type of system.
-- Jeff Douglass
On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Casey Bralla wrote:
> I'm confused about partitions. Unless I want to isolate & limit user
> file storage, why not just let the whole disk be 1 partition? (except
> for a separate swap partition).
>
> What is the disadvantage of having one single large partition?
>
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