-=> I have always wondered why the default installation of
-=> mandrake or other distro's, partitions your drive into all
-=> these different partitions, if you choose the auto allocate feature.
-=>
-=> For example, different partitions for /home and /var and /
-=>
-=> I have always just used t
From: "Adam W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I have always wondered why the default installation of mandrake or other
> distro's, partitions your drive into all these different partitions, if
> you choose the auto allocate feature.
>
> For example, different partitions for /home and /var and /
>
> I
>
> For example, different partitions for /home and /var and /
this is so one partition filling up0 doesn't stop the machine from
running... ususally /var is used for log files, if some program goes mad
logging, you don't want all the available space on /home taken up...
Dave.
>
> I have always
Hi All,
I have always wondered why the default installation of mandrake or other
distro's, partitions your drive into all these different partitions, if
you choose the auto allocate feature.
For example, different partitions for /home and /var and /
I have always just used the one partition for
