thanks for the link ! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >