David Wright composed on 2019-01-09 14:26 (UTC-0600): > On Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 19:36:42 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> Yes, when filling the disk at the outset. With the escalation of disk sizes >> over the years, it's >> become more common not to allocate 100% at the outset. In non-ancient memory >> I only ever fully >> allocated with my own disks at the outset with data disks, until small SDDs >> became cheap. > I don't understand the reasoning. A Murphy corollary: Junk accumulates according to the amount of space available for it to fill. Make the space available when you really need it, and it won't be preoccupied with junk. >> Note the relative vastness of unused space. > You're not the guy who boots >>100 systems off one disk, are you? The one I remember was long ago, not 100 I think, but more than 50, likely before libata introduction's 15 partition limit. I recently looked for his page but failed to find. >> BTW, 36 is near an average count here. I have one with 57, more than one >> with >40, and >> probably 8 with >30. My newest PC has 50, though spread across 3 disks, with >> 20 >> comprising 10 RAID1 devices, and zero freespace remaining for partition >> creation. > Oh, perhaps you're a rival. :) I assume you foresee adding a lot more > versions of linux; only three Debian so far? And I would miss a real > DOS like the old favourite 6.22. Except for Etch, I was only using Kubuntu's miscreant Debians until Jessie. All my 6.22s got replaced with PC DOS 2000 as soon as impending Y2K caused its availability. DOS 5 remains available under cover of OS/2's eComStation progeny (which here runs 24/7). > ... if I get my hands on an old newer machine (or is that new older?). I get those more often than new-in-original-box, more often broken, which I am often able to resurrect. Maybe call them nacqres, for newly acquired resurrection/recycle/refurb. :-) -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/