Re: optimal partitions during install...

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

This is a religious war issue. Some folks like to have swap, /, /boot,
/usr, /usr/local, /var, /boot, /opt, /home, /pointless, /useless,
/always-too-small, and /always-forgotten all on the same system.

Me, I'm a big fan of swap and /, and don't mess with the partitioning:
with cheap backup and cheap huge disks it's a waste of time in most
systems. If you need a particular partition, for something like a news
spool that gets a lot of churn and needs to be fast, buy a fast disk or
RAID array for it and keep the OS separate.


It is not a religious war issue. There are valid technical reasons for
partitioning. With your swap and /, if you install a newer version and want
to do it "clean" you can not just format over / without losing the data.
Restoring from backup is more trouble that it is worth. By cutting
out /var, /usr/local/ and /home, a new install can format / but leave old
error messages, anything in /var/spool and any custom compiled software on
the system with no need to restore from backup after the new install. A
backup is still a very good idea before upgrade but I have never had to
restore user data after a clean install. If you have a news spool, the
spool is STILL THERE after the install. No need to recreate or restore from
backup.

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