Re: Partitioning advice sought

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Anno domini 2024 Tue, 3 Sep 15:39:54 +0200
 Maciej Pilichowski via tde-users scripsit:
> Hello all,
>
> On Monday 02 September 2024 23:23:04 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
>
> > I use LVM wherever possible.
>
> :-) After a disk crash involving LVM, I am now in camp no-LVM :-)

LOL ... i bite my tongue to not point out the obvious LVM problem :)

Nowadays with SSDs it's quite pointless to use extensive partitioning schemes - that is, if you are not on OpenBSD.

Nik

> Maybe now it is better, or something, but I also learned that simpler
> is more robust, and besides with current size of HDD I have more
> space than I need, so LVM would do nothing for me.
>
> I also don't use swap (and this is approach for 20 years I guess), if
> some program has to crash because of OOM, it better crash fast, than
> involve reading and writing like crazy on the disk.
>
> In my case I now use such setup:
> * small boot partition
> * system partition (50-60GB)
> * second system partition
> * home partition
>
> For my home computer (this one) I use also data partition,
> for "experimental" computer I add another home partition.
>
> Why two system, and two home partitions? To install another system,
> new version of it, etc. I don't ever upgrade the system directly (the
> one I use).
>
> Hope it helps a bit :-).
>
> Kind regards,



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