Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Benny Amorsen wrote: >> >>> What about a separate /usr, or a separate /var? These can both be >>> quite beneficial, >> >> What are the benefits of separate /usr and /var? I can think of two: >> 1) one partition getting full doesn't affect the rest of the system >> 2) hard links aren't possible across partitions >> >> Are there others? Disk quota could help with 1), and is 2) really a >> great benefit on the desktop? > > The big one is that when you reinstall (which every fedora user should > have done 8 times already with no end in sight), you can tell the > installer not to format your /home partition and keep your own data. I haven't actually tried reinstalling. My current laptop was installed around FC3. Anyway, I was talking about /usr and /var, not about /home. /Benny -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
