Re: computer rendered un-usable
On 6/23/13 12:46 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote:
>> / and /home and /swap.
> It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions.
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There are good reasons to have separate partitions, although they are
generally less valuable for single-user home machines.
For example, you can mount your / directory read-only, which provides
some extra security to the system. Putting /var on a separate partition
could keep your system running in the event of a rogue app filling up
your /var partition with temporary files. Etc.
Like I said, it might "make no sense" on a home machine, in comparison
to the trade-offs, but sometimes separate partitions make sense.
--
Kent
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