> > Michael P Angell wrote: > > Pretty much a partitioning question. 2 or 6 partitions? Usage and or > > benefit of higher lower number of partitions? Didn't Red Hat install > > multiply partitions in earlier versions > > Disclaimer: I'm fairly new to Linux/Fedora, so take my advice with a > grain of salt > > /boot is nice to have on a separate partition for various reasons. It > doesn't grow out of bounds, either, so it's an easy choice. > Everything else lives perfectly well on / most of the time > I've heard somewhere that it's nice to have /home on a separate > partition for smoother upgrades (read: reinstalls), but that seems like > a lot of work, since both /home and /usr like to grow in size.. It's > definitely easier to make a mistake than in case of /boot. > > > > Of course none of this would be an issue if there weren't any legal > problems with a certain filesystem that will go unmentioned so as to not > start another flame war :) > > > HTH > I have no idea what legal problems your talking about. But reinstall hint got me on the right track to understanding why one would separate things. So 4 partitions is max with 1 able to be partitioned again? That is a little confusing, partition a partition? Parted -l gives me 2 primary partitions but the first one starts at 32.3kb? [root@localhost ~]# parted -l Model: ATA SAMSUNG SV6003H (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 60.1GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 107MB 107MB primary ext3 boot 2 107MB 60.1GB 59.9GB primary lvm
