> not /boot on it's own partition but /ROOT on it's own partition. well, > actually /home on it's own partition and everything else in /. I figure 4 > gig is enough extra space. Be careful with this approach, you will severely restrict the space in /tmp and /var/log and that might have unintended consequences... ET > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > >> 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 >> --------------------------------------------------- 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