Life on the bleeding edge

[Christopher Browne]

On 26 Sep 2006 20:51:32 -0400, Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:05:34AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > > There are useful reasons for making /tmp or /var separate partitions
> > > regardless of upgrade
> >
> > Certainly, but having seperate partitions for a whole bunch of things
> > usualyl causes more trouble than it is worth with a modern distribution.
>
> How so? I think it depends on usage. For a notebook/desktop user coming
> from Windows, a single large partition is probably easier to understand.
> For a server, a single large partition reduces manageability, security, and
> reliability IMO.

Somewhere between those, having /home as a separate partition has the
considerable merit of allowing a reinstall of the whole "system"
without forcibly destroying Your Files.

More partitions is more to track, which may or may not be worthwhile...

> Personally, I use LVM on everything, even notebooks. For desktops and
> servers I use LVM on RAID.

I haven't yet used LVM.  I probably should, some time, but perhaps I'm
too much of a luddite to see the merits ;-).
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