On 2014-07-11 05:05, kitepilot wrote: > Michael Havens writes: >> The data on my root partition only is about 8 gig. The partition in >> total >> is 48 gig. Can anyone say wasted space? > Can anybody ask: Why does Michael need a 'boot' partition to begin > with? If you're going to have more than 1 distro on a machine, having a boot partition is a good idea as it simplifies bootloader configuration. > (my opinion follows, we all know the global opinion about opinions) Yes, these are my opinions and most of them can't really be objectively proven or tested. > Other partitions for specific directories (/tmp /var/log) are mostly > predicated on guarding the machine against inadvertent 'filesystem > fill up' This is true. Having / or /var fill up tends to cause problems even on a single-user workstation though. > Point is: why does Michael (or someone like 'Michael') need several > specific directories isolated on specific partitions? > Answer? He doesn't... YMMV. Having one partition is the simplest thing to do, and means you don't have to worry about making /usr or /var large enough.[0] I do this if there's only 1 disk and only 1 distro on the machine. On my desktop, there's 1 SSD and 2 spinny-disks in softRAID-1. SSD has 4 partitions: EFI boot, /boot, / , and an empty partition where / will go in case I want to try something other than Gentoo. Spinny-disks have 3 partitions: backup / in case the SSD fails[1], swap, and an LVM partition. LVM partition contains LVs for /var , /home , and /usr/portage , and there's still about 400G for those LVs to become larger or to create new LVs. (LVM is more flexible than partitions, and allows you to get around the 15-partition limit, but only Linux can handle it.) [0] Having /usr be separate from / is more difficult than it used to be, though. [1] Hey, it could happen! -- Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress There is no Darkness in Eternity But only Light too dim for us to see. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss