On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:39:02 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > But far more chance of running out of space on /usr, /var or /opt > > while > > Not really. And even if so - who cares? Make the > fs larger, and you're set. Also, if those fs > run out of space, it's not a DoS.
No, but it means you have to stop what you are doing to re-organise and resize your partitions. > > one of the others has plenty free. > > Well, no, since it's also bad advice to have one with > plenty free :) Could you point me in the direction of the program that magically tells you how much space you'll need for each directory in a year's time :) > > I prefer to have these three on the > > same partition for a desktop, > > I don't. Everything on its own filesystem. I mean, > why not? Resizing, and especially extending, is > so very easy. Extending is easy, but shrinking is not so easy or quick. If partition A runs out of space while partition B has plenty, you have to shrink B's filesystem before you can add space to A. That's time consuming, especially if B uses XFS. Just because a directory existing in /, it doesn't have to be on a separate filesystem. Use whatever works for your needs, but be sensible, too many partitions is almost as bad as too few, and creates extra work. -- Neil Bothwick In the begining, there was nothing.
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