Re: Moving partition
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>You could also make a new partition and mount it as /home, or /usr, or
>some such.
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Glad to hear that suggestion as that is precisely what I would do!
Actually, I never put it all on one partition anyway. Old habits
are hard to break. I like to get /var and /home OFF the root if
possible, and generally use a single separate partition for /usr
also.
That also makes it easier to take advantage of multiple disks and
the 2nd IDE controller on most m'bds these days. I typically put
the 1st disk along with the CD (if ATAPI) and a 2nd disk, even if
its small, on the 2nd IDE port. Put swap and /var on it, or even
/home.
Another advantage of this is, when you decide to try another distribution
you just use /home with it, and swap, plus, you often have a partition or
two around that comes in handy when it comes time to resize one, or move
stuff around, etc.
You'll find the system performance will be a little better too, 'cause
it'll be able to take better advantage of the capabilities by keeping
the I/O going on two disks instead of all of it on one, plus the
additional controller channel.
Paul
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