On Monday 28 June 2004 12:56, Scott Mazur wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:06:27 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote > > On Monday 28 June 2004 11:42, Scott Mazur wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:19:46 -0500, Hoyt Bailey wrote > > > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part12 > > > > 24601004 3389416 19961900 15% /backup > > > > > > Cool! Someone else with a hankering for a backup partition. > > > > > > I partition every HD with at least one backup partion (usually mounted > > > on /backup/hda, /backup/hdb, etc) and usually give it 50% of the disk > > > space. This way it's at least big enough to save a copy of the entire > > > working partitions (or a good supply incremental backups), although to > > be > > > honest, 20g backup more than covers my needs. And more importantly, > > having > > > a backup partition on two drives guarantees you won't be toasted > > should one > > > drive fail. Just my personal preferences... > > > > > > I'm curious. What is the reasoning for splitting /boot at all? Why > > not > > > simply leave it in the root / partition? I've always seen it > > suggested to > > > be split into it's own partion, I just don't see the point. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > Cant answer that. I requested info about partitions and processed > > those into what I provided. No reason other than I didnt know > > enough to do it diffenently. The only reason for having a backup > > partition was because that was what was left over and I expected > > that to be cleared after transfer to cd-rw. It worked the first > > time and hasnt since. Now its too big for a single cd and I cant > > figure out how to get it on the cd without splitting some files and > > randomly placing the others, it would be a nightmare to restore when > > it exceeded 24gb. > > So it sounds like the /boot partition is a left over from the "good old > days" and doesn't apply to anything even moderatly new anymore (died with > the 10G limit?). > > I'm a big believer in backup up to HD (as opposed to burning disks or > dumping to tape). First by backup up to a dedicated backup partition, and > even better, syncing 2 backup partitions on separate drives, and even better > better, syncing the backups to yet another computer (in case the entire box > fries). Of course, I've also customized my full (and incremental) backup > scripts to take care of everything nicely so backing up (and restoring) is > very convienient. > > As another personal preference, I always create a single partition mounted > as /system at 1g size. I use this partiton to keep custom scripts (like > backup/recovery and setup), copies of config files, browser links, misc > info, etc. It's just big enough to be useful without taking up to much > space. It's my permanent storage area. Between installs and upgrades I can > wipe every other partition (including /home) if I have to, without loosing > all my own hard work. I'm also guaranteed that no other install/ugrade > process will try to touch my stuff. > And when your HD goes to the happy hunting ground what then.
-- Regards; Hoyt
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