Re: [tlug] Current practices for Linux partioning?

[Johan Berntsson <johan@example.com>]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Simon Cozens <simon@example.com> wrote:
> On 11/04/2012 07:07, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
>> So you're not even separating out /home anymore?
>
> Most - although not all - of the old reasons for partitioning just don't apply
> any more; many of them were hacks around disk size limitations. Disks are big
> enough these days that there's less worry that people will fill up the disk
> and screw over the system, so separate partitions to isolate potential damage
> aren't needed, and /boot was only necessary when BIOSes weren't smart enough
> to cope with booting from large root partitions.
>
> Stick everything in / unless you are doing complicated things with encryption
> or network mounting.

I'd say always keep /home separate, so that you can't change or
reinstall the OS without worries.

How about swap partitions? Do the old 2*memory size rule still hold?

/Johan