On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 00:26 -0300, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:09:06PM +1200, Tony Wicks wrote: > > >On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 09:59:04PM -0500, techlist wrote: > > >><snip> > > > > This is why I've always been opposed to this "over partitioning" that > > people do. It made some sense when hard drives were 2 gig but now it > > just causes problems for no tangible gain. > > > > You are quite wrong there. Are is plenty of gain on "correct partitioning". > Having the correct number of partitions will make it possible to you > to have partitions with different flag (/usr as read-only, /tmp as > nosuid/noexec, /var/log as non-journaling etc), giving you flexibility, > speed and security. Rodrigo is 100% correct. Plus, many do as I do, have pre-built bootable (and/or root) partitions on the same or other disks in the machine. Can you imagine the ear-to-ear grin when I try my best to screw myself and end up just rebooting another boot or mounting another root that is ready to go: I feel like I'm *so* damn smart then (easy to overlook the screw up:-)? I also get additional security and performance such as Rodrigo suggests by taking advantage of partitioning. And with my new- found LVM knowledge (still n00b, but coming along nicely) I find that partitions still have a strong use. > > The problem is that many people (not saying that is the case here) > don't know how to do it right, or even why they are doing it. In > those cases, they should stick to the 4 basic partitions (/boot, /, > /tmp and swap). But if you know what you are going, partitioning the > disk correctly is the best thing to do. 100% right again. Although the terms I tend to think of are not "don't know how to do it right", but "won't take the time to think and do it right". And having experience and knowledge of some of the underlying processes is really useful for more than a basic split. Consideration for the activity profile of the particular node should also come into play. > <snip> -- Bill
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