on Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 08:03:07AM -0600, Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 07:45, kmark+debian@pipeline.com wrote:
> > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Alvin Oga wrote:
> [snip]
> > > lots of various reasons for doing lots of various partitions schemes
> > Hi,
> > if you have lots of logs - web server, mail server - it might make sense
> > to have a /var/log partition.
> > Also, APT-get puts packages in /var/cache/apt/archive and maybe put that
> > is a partition.
> > my 2 yen.
> > -Kev
>
> Hard disks are so big nowadays, is a separate partition for apt
> really necessary? If it ever gets too big, 'apt-get clean'.
Houses are so big nowadays, is a separate room for sleeping really
necessary? If it ever gets too big, 'call the maid'.
Partitioning is about logically organizing the space you have, and
setting/tuning configuration options appropriately. If you like living
in a warehouse, by all means do. If you prefer not shitting in the
open, give yourself a bathroom with a door.
Peace.
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