Re: single partition worst-case scenarios
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Aurelio Turco wrote:
> If I install Debian on a single partition,
That's the usual case on my personal system, although I don't generally
recommend the practice.
> what is the worst that can happen,
> in the following two cases (the two most
> cited justifications for having multiple
> partitions):
>
> 1: A runaway root process fills up the disk.
> (Will I not be able to get in as root and
> kill the offending process?)
I normally can. It's obvious when it happens because things stop working
and start complaining, but not so bad that I can't get in as root and fix
it with little bad overall effect.
> 2: The filesystem becomes damaged.
> (Will I not be able run from a rescue floppy
> and repair the damage from there?)
Whenever my filesystem has become damaged, it's never been such that
boot-time fsck (or subsequent fsck from maintenance mode) couldn't fix it.
The only times I've needed rescue floppies, the problem's been unrelated
to the number of partitions I had.
-- Mark
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