so how much space should I give it? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:29 AM, wrote: > 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 >