Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:02:49 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > (...) > > >> First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this >> context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition, >> during the installation, but this is not the problem. >> > > "Mount point" or "bind" yes, at last in means where do you want to put > your files based upon your partitioning scheme. > > >> The biggest problem is that you are able to choose between, say, `/', >> `/var/', '/usr/', `/home/', etc. But, without thinking a lot, `/' >> *habitually* contains the rest. So, mounting say `/' on hda1, and >> `/home/' on hdb1 could appear as weird for the user, at first glance >> (only). >> > > It depends. There are many situations and setups where having a separate > disk and/or partition is a very good choice (speed or security/redundancy > gains). > Sure, but I did not want to say that using different partitions is not a good idea (I always use different partitions). I simply wanted to speak about the `/' and its hierarchy problem that I mentioned before. :) > (side note: one thing I found very pleasant about Debian is that it has a > very good and a lot of documentation): > > *** > C.3. Recommended Partitioning Scheme > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs03.html.en > *** > > Anyway, experience will tell you what path to follow. > But I've my idea which is actually pretty much the same as the Help's one. > > >> What do you think about this? (I'm known for my outlandish ideas, so, >> don't be angry if I'm wrong.) >> > > Partitioning strategies can be very fine-grained and mainly based on the > machine target and the type of the services that will host. > > I personally do not like having many partitions so with "small" disks > (<500 GiB) usually make 2 "slices": swap and root ("/")... and have many > backups around there :-) > :-) /
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