Re: Are the assigned capacities sufficient for my setup?
On Sat 01 Aug 2020 at 23:43:17 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> Leslie Rhorer wrote:
> > On 7/29/2020 11:38 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> > > As for partition sizing, I set up my machines with three partitions:
> > > /, /home, and swap.
> >
> > I don't implement a separate partition for /home. Instead, I place it on
> > my data array where it gets backed up nightly
>
> This may be a problem for the original poster, who has only
> admitted to a laptop, nothing else.
I wondered whether LH's post was accidentally posted to this thread
rather than in "Homebuilt NAS Advice" where it seems more relevant.
I had a hard time understanding the jargon—the OP still seems to be
learning about partitions, mountpoints, and what /home is for.
> > RAID 1 array formatted as ext2. Since /boot almost never gets written,
> > there is no need for journalling. That leaves a full 98G for / on a pair of
>
> I don't understand why you think journalling takes an excessive
> amount of space, or why you would go out of your way to turn it
> off. Ever. Turning off safety mechanisms is generally not
> something anyone should advocate without a big flashing warning
> sign.
I've seen this advice in the past. I suppose there was a time when
people might have needed to mount /boot with an old rescue CD that
couldn't mount a filesystem having modern bells and whistles.
Cheers,
David.
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