[NTLUG:Discuss] Adding new hard drive

[Bug Hunter]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 MontyS at videopost.com wrote:

> Regarding partitioning:
> 
> I have spoken with a number of people in the past, and have yet to find any
> compelling reason for having multiple partitions on a system.  I am
> basically guessing, but I think the whole partitioning thing was valid when
> drive sizes were measured in megs, not gigs.  I just run one / partition on
> all our SGI and linux boxes (except the ftp server), and have never had any
> problems.  You can easily run into a brick wall if you set up partitions
> without a look into the future.
> 
> That being said...
> 
> I find it comforting to put the /usr (or /home) on a different drive than
> the rest of the os.  The same would apply if you have any /pub like
> partitions for ftp or web serving.  I like to keep the os install as
> pristine as possible, and let the users thrash on another drives.
> 
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  If /home is a separate partition (and possibly /usr), a destroyed /
partition does not destroy your private data.

  I've had work saved due to separate partitions when a disk crash or a
runaway program happened.

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