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Re: [tlug] Current practices for Linux partioning?



On 11/04/2012 07:07, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
So you're not even separating out /home anymore?

Most - although not all - of the old reasons for partitioning just don't apply any more; many of them were hacks around disk size limitations. Disks are big enough these days that there's less worry that people will fill up the disk and screw over the system, so separate partitions to isolate potential damage aren't needed, and /boot was only necessary when BIOSes weren't smart enough to cope with booting from large root partitions.

Stick everything in / unless you are doing complicated things with encryption or network mounting.

Simon


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