Re: Fedora on ReiserFS

From: swamp (swamp_at_linux.net)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:55:52 +0000

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:25:12 -0600, m.marien wrote:

> IMHO, I think the multiple partitions is a hold back of the old days when a
> system had multiple drives. The whole idea of mounting drives on directories
> is so that there was a homogenous file system. Why partition it up, just to
> put it back together?

I must admit to keeping / on one partition and /home on a separate
partition. That way I can just trash the / part and re-load or
clean upgrade knowing that I don't have to worry about all my data on
/home. Also if / goes for whatever reason (like messing about a bit too
much beyond my knowledge) then again, no major headache trying to move
data to a safe area before a clean reload.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Hard Drive Question
    ... > Has been some time since I ran any Linux setup. ... I used to have partition management down to ... These days drives are so large and interfaces are so fast that the old ... machines with multiple drives and interfaces so that you can minimize ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Best partition size for Ubuntu Root
    ... system with multiple drives, and I plan to re-partion the drives before ... it turns out Ubuntu doesn't partition like other ... I'm used to the way other distros partition which ususally ...
    (Ubuntu)
  • Re: Locked up again! What can I check- Im on another box
    ... On 18/06/06, Michel wrote: ... this makes it very easy to know which partition is which in case you ... have multiple drives and have to change one. ... behind the labels thanks to google, but I was still expecting to see ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Fedora on ReiserFS
    ... I think the multiple partitions is a hold back of the old days when ... >> system had multiple drives. ... that no one scheme will suit everybody. ... put it all in one partition. ...
    (alt.os.linux.redhat)