Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Michael Vondung
I'm trying to figure out a decent partitioning layout for a workstation. The system has an ~80GB disk. After /, /var, /tmp and swap, I have 70GB left. I'm wondering how to split these between /usr and /home. Ironically, it is more space than I seem to need. The box has only one user (me), I do not

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Guilmot Mike
Michael Vondung wrote: > I'm trying to figure out a decent partitioning layout for a > workstation. The system has an ~80GB disk. After /, /var, /tmp and > swap, I have 70GB left. I'm wondering how to split these between /usr > and /home. Ironically, it is more space than I seem to need. The box >

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Jud
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:27:37 +0200, "Michael Vondung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm trying to figure out a decent partitioning layout for a workstation. > The > system has an ~80GB disk. After /, /var, /tmp and swap, I have 70GB left. > I'm wondering how to split these between /usr and /home. Iro

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I'm trying to figure out a decent partitioning layout for a workstation. The > system has an ~80GB disk. After /, /var, /tmp and swap, I have 70GB left. > I'm wondering how to split these between /usr and /home. Ironically, it is > more space than I seem to need. The box has only one user (me)

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Michael Vondung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Backup matters aside, is there a significant advantage of having a separate > /home partition at all? If not, just skipping /home and using 70GB for /usr > (including /usr/home) might be the most practical and flexible approach? If it's not a server

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:30:15AM -0400, Jud wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:27:37 +0200, "Michael Vondung" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Backup matters aside, is there a significant advantage of having a > > separate > > /home partition at all? If not, just skipping /home and using 70GB for >

Re: Partitioning advice (/usr and /home)

2003-09-18 Thread Sunil Sunder Raj
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