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Post #410,087 by boxley 5/13/16 9:29:03 AM 5/13/16 9:29:03 AM Reply	eh? been practice since about 1991 or so root partition as small as reasonable to reinstall as needed on a business platform /home very small as only user personal scripts etc should be there /app or /space for every other part of the disk that isny OS or user. App space etc /var because logging /var/log if you are gummint related, they want a separate log part home version root small enough to reinstall everything /var so when logs fill up the OS doesnt die /home for eerything else so OS installs do not kill the data always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #410,091 by pwhysall 5/13/16 10:02:14 AM 5/13/16 10:02:14 AM Reply	That's 25 years ago. All that stuff was necessary in a world of tiny, slow disks. Which is not what it's like now. All the average user does by having a fancy partitioning scheme is increase the chance of something breaking that they can't (easily) fix. ^^^ this is in relation to desktops. Servers have a different set of considerations.
Post #410,098 by drook 5/13/16 1:37:18 PM 5/13/16 1:37:18 PM Reply	/me has an old system with a (relatively) tiny and slow disk -- Drew
Post #410,099 by pwhysall 5/13/16 1:38:11 PM 5/13/16 1:38:11 PM Reply	No, you don't.
Post #410,100 by drook 5/13/16 1:56:52 PM 5/13/16 1:56:52 PM Reply	Compared to 25 years ago, I guess not -- Drew
Post #410,121 by scoenye 5/15/16 8:39:45 PM 5/15/16 8:39:45 PM Reply	Beware of that small root partition The old guides say something on the order of a couple of 100 MB, but a kernel version jump needs room for all modules as well, in practice more than doubling the needed space.
Post #410,122 by malraux 5/15/16 8:42:21 PM 5/15/16 8:42:21 PM Reply	Remember to clear out the old kernel versions occasionally too Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #410,126 by drook 5/15/16 10:33:52 PM 5/15/16 10:33:52 PM Reply	Deleted more than a dozen as soon as I got it to boot again -- Drew

Disk partitioning tips? - (drook) - (21) - May 12, 2016, 05:28:58 PM EDT

looks decent -NT - (boxley) - May 12, 2016, 09:08:13 PM EDT

Re: Disk partitioning tips? - (pwhysall) - (19) - May 13, 2016, 01:19:52 AM EDT

The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything - (drook) - (10) - May 13, 2016, 01:29:28 AM EDT

Re: The /home partition is so I can do a reinstall without losing everything - (pwhysall) - (7) - May 13, 2016, 01:42:46 AM EDT

How far is "way back"? - (drook) - May 13, 2016, 09:09:49 AM EDT

Some Linux distros (e.g. Mint) don't support version upgrades. - (Another Scott) - (5) - May 13, 2016, 09:11:26 AM EDT

What? - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 13, 2016, 10:00:34 AM EDT

Yup. Version upgrade is not recommended. - (Another Scott) - (3) - May 13, 2016, 11:55:14 AM EDT

That's pretty terrible. - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 13, 2016, 01:27:40 PM EDT

I think they just don't want to be bothered with trying to support upgrades. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 13, 2016, 01:31:16 PM EDT

Tells me something else - (pwhysall) - May 13, 2016, 06:17:12 PM EDT

Suspend to disk is simpler with a swap partition - (scoenye) - (1) - May 15, 2016, 09:16:12 PM EDT

Got an Ubuntu live thumb drive I'll be using -NT - (drook) - May 15, 2016, 10:31:53 PM EDT

eh? been practice since about 1991 or so - (boxley) - (7) - May 13, 2016, 09:29:03 AM EDT

That's 25 years ago. - (pwhysall) - (3) - May 13, 2016, 10:02:14 AM EDT

/me has an old system with a (relatively) tiny and slow disk -NT - (drook) - (2) - May 13, 2016, 01:37:18 PM EDT

No, you don't. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 13, 2016, 01:38:11 PM EDT

Compared to 25 years ago, I guess not -NT - (drook) - May 13, 2016, 01:56:52 PM EDT

Beware of that small root partition - (scoenye) - (2) - May 15, 2016, 08:39:45 PM EDT

Remember to clear out the old kernel versions occasionally too -NT - (malraux) - (1) - May 15, 2016, 08:42:21 PM EDT

Deleted more than a dozen as soon as I got it to boot again -NT - (drook) - May 15, 2016, 10:33:52 PM EDT

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