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From: Robert Holtzman on 29 Jul 2010 19:00 On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:22AM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Robert Holtzman schreef: > >On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 06:03:37PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > >>On 7/28/10 4:40 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >>>What was the reason for that? The usual plan is to put /home, at least, > >>>on a separate partition. > >>> > >>The *usual* plan is to put it on a separate drive (but since debian > >>can't judge how smart a user is ~ they put it on the same drive > >>different partition) or if you use network storage, to keep it on > >>the same drive in the same partition. Not everybody runs critical > >>systems or even stores anything in /home. I know on my Debian > >>installs nothing is in /home/username. > > > >Dandy *if* you have two drives. How many home users would that be? > Also, multiple partitions lose their usefulness for a single-user > linux machine. I do not run a mail server which justifies a separate > /var, ans since I can fill /usr or /etc just as well as /home, > there's no real reason to create multiple partitions. The only > exception of course is a separate /boot to avoid boot problems. I disagree. The only time multiple partitions lose their usefulness is in the event of a hard drive failure or massive power surge *and* there is no backup. Otherwise /home on a separate partition allows the installation of another OS without formatting /home. I've done this a number of times and it works beautifully, allowing me to retain a number of configuration scripts. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
From: Sthu Deus on 30 Jul 2010 05:10 Thank You for Your time and answer, Robert: > What was the reason for that? The usual plan is to put /home, at > least, on a separate partition. I've heard about diver strategies on FS dividing but like some kind of optimization that is in FS view is this: the free space is dynamically shared for all the needs (OS, app.s, users). Actually, now I have divided it (and therefore got, partially ext4 FS! :) though for execution reason (that is programs are separated from data), yet the dynamics I have lost w/ it still does not make me quiet happy. OK. I have started another thread called "Debian FS structure" - as the primary subject vanished away - if You would, please reply there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5295c7.ce7c0e0a.23b5.5cfd(a)mx.google.com
From: Sthu Deus on 30 Jul 2010 05:10 Thank You for Your time and answer, Sjoerd: > The only exception of course is a > separate /boot to avoid boot problems. May You'll be laughing but this did now work for me. - I had the boot problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c529622.d37b0e0a.2cff.5e4a(a)mx.google.com
From: Sjoerd Hardeman on 30 Jul 2010 07:40
Robert Holtzman schreef: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:22AM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >> Robert Holtzman schreef: >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 06:03:37PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: >>>> On 7/28/10 4:40 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: >>>>> What was the reason for that? The usual plan is to put /home, at least, >>>>> on a separate partition. >>>>> >>>> The *usual* plan is to put it on a separate drive (but since debian >>>> can't judge how smart a user is ~ they put it on the same drive >>>> different partition) or if you use network storage, to keep it on >>>> the same drive in the same partition. Not everybody runs critical >>>> systems or even stores anything in /home. I know on my Debian >>>> installs nothing is in /home/username. >>> Dandy *if* you have two drives. How many home users would that be? >> Also, multiple partitions lose their usefulness for a single-user >> linux machine. I do not run a mail server which justifies a separate >> /var, ans since I can fill /usr or /etc just as well as /home, >> there's no real reason to create multiple partitions. The only >> exception of course is a separate /boot to avoid boot problems. > > I disagree. The only time multiple partitions lose their usefulness is in > the event of a hard drive failure or massive power surge *and* there is no > backup. Otherwise /home on a separate partition allows the installation > of another OS without formatting /home. I've done this a number of times > and it works beautifully, allowing me to retain a number of > configuration scripts. Good point. Indeed also when you want to have multiple simultaneous installations sharing /home, you need it in a separate partition. Anyway, for my debian laptop, I am not doing such fancy things, so putting everything in one big partition made sense to me. @Sthu: As said, boot problems might be a reason for having a spare /boot. However, I managed to get grub2 working, which boots fine from my ext4 root partition. Sjoerd |