Re: [newbie] Does Linux use the Bios for Harddrives?

[Brett Jones]

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > What's the sence to set up different mount points for / , /usr ,  /home ,
> > /anything_else if all of them are located on a single harddrive. I can
> > understand this steps for /boot 'cause it must be located in first 1023
> > cyls, but what about / , /usr  do you really need the separate diskspaces?

Backup /restore is a lot easier.  If you need to do a fresh install you can do
it without killing your /home dirs if you have them on their own partition. Run
a backup for each partition on it's own tape and when you need to restore a
file is takes alot less time.

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Brett jones
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