On Friday 30 October 2009 09:00:04 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the advice. > > > > Following the KISS principle I am going to: > > 1. Live within the RAM can access now (just over 3Gb) > > 2. Use a single Linux partition (besides boot) on the larger drive > > I find it useful putting /home on a separate partition. Then if you > totally hose your o/s, you can just reinstall and keep all your existing > data and app preferences (though of course you'll need to reinstall any > additional apps).
Totally agree with Sonia about root and home. and [when] not [if] you hose your install. Upgrades/BadThing Try New Distro all that sort of stuff. Why on earth would you put /boot on a separate partition. That is an artifact of pre-war motherboards (TheGreatWar). James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
