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> I've been reading about partitioning quite a lot, but none of the
> places I've read really give any reasons for their suggestions. I
> know you can have all of Linux in one partition, but I'd like to do it
> the best way. From various places I've seen separate partitions for
> /, /boot, /usr, /var, and /home.
>
> How are these more useful separated out over many partitions?
> What kind of space would they typically take up?
> What is the functionallity of these partitions?
> How do I tell Linux that I've created separate partitions for /usr and
> /var for instance?
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
Hi Jake. Well, I set all this up (size/space) during my installation. I did go
with separate /boot, /usr, and /home partitions (and other people do more than
that). Why? For me, it makes it much easier to backup separate partitions, as
well as the fact that I can upgrade and tell the new upgrade NOT to touch my
/home partition so that I keep all my precious data. Even if you don't upgrade
but find that you have to reinstall your current version, it can save your data
in /home. Hope this helps. ;-)
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