[ale] one or many...

[Greg]

My first install of an os is always one swap and the
everything-else-goes-here partition or if I don't know for sure what the
relative sizes of each are I do the 2 partition thing.  Some of my pc's done
that way are ok forever.  Quota's on a disk can be useful.  The main reason
for partitions is for data you want to keep across upgrades or corruptions
(/etc & /home come to mind) is what I learned.  If neither is a factor, then
2 part it.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Preston Boyington
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:13 PM
> To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
> Subject: RE: [ale] one or many...
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jimpop at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:57 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] one or many...
> >
> >
> > Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> > > By making / a separate partition:
> > >
> > > You protect your / from being filled up by logs or stupid users.
> > > Makes things a bit easier when backing up individual partitions.
> > >
> > > At least put /var /home on different partitions.
> >
> >
> > A couple of extra points...  I will be the only user on this
> > system.
> > It is my laptop, and it won't be running any services (not
> > even sshd).
> > Logging, if any, will be a minimum, so I am not worried about
> > filling up
> > /var/log.   What I am worried about is any filesystem/mount-point
> > overhead, as well as delays associated with moving large files from
> > /home to /opt, or elsewhere.    The arguments for separate
> > filesystems
> > are very strong when building servers and multi-user workstations, I
> > just don't see the same arguments when building laptops for
> > individual use.
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
>
> i run debian on an old Compaq laptop (133mhz,32mb ram) and don't see any
> difference in delay time between an "all in one" partition and my seperate
> partitions.  i initially set it up with just a /swap, /boot, and "/" and
> later did seperate partitions.  again, i experience no noticable slowdown
> although YMMV.
>
> i would still suggest seperate partitions for consistancy between
> machines.
> granted "they" won't know it but you will.
>
> preston
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