Re: Fewer partitions are better (Re: Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices)

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On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 18:04, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> It may be time to rethink multiple partitions.  For legacy reasons,
> I build my systems with multiple partitions, but if I had it to do
> over again I would probably do it with 3 partitions:
>      /boot (because it has to be small)
>      swap  (about 2 GB)
>      /     (everything else, including multiple drives if LVM)

You will definitely want to have /home as a separate partition.

It is very good for when you want to install a fresh version (ie, not
upgrade) since you can format it safely.

Rui

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