Jeff Douglass wrote:
> 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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There's a number of other advantages to partition things:
- making a backup is not supposed to be done on a 'live' filesystem. It's done
nevertheless, and most of the time it works. Unmounting it and *then* backing
it up guarantees backup integrity better though.
- switching back and forth between different large software packages like X is
much simpler using partitions without screwing up your base installation.
- You can selectively move partitions to a faster partition where required.
(OK, this one is debatable..)
- things like mirroring or RAID'ing becomes much easier when you have separate
partitions.
Most of the reasons for partitioning are not immediately obvious when you're
installing, they become a big 'why didn't I....' when you go through certain
of these upgrades/features and find that you'll have to back out your whole OS
and repartition afterwards.
-Fred
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