Mike, This may be useful....haven't read it yet as it just came into my inbox. http://www.tecmint.com/linux-file-system-explained/ Mark On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >