On 13/09/12 12:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 04:10 -0700, Weaver wrote: >> If you find, in time, that you are running out of drive space, instaal >> a bigger drive, install the / and swap and again, allocate the rest >> as /home and copy it over. > > How big should / become? Okay, modern drives have that much capacities > that for an empty drive or much unallocated space, simply fifty-fifty > should work. But what does argue against having root and home on the > same partition? > When you come to re-install the OS (and it is occasionally necessary), it is vital to have at least /home and /usr/local on seperate partitions from /, so that you can happily reformat / without worrying (too much) about your data. Also, you can fill up /home, and still run the system. I would also keep /var on a seperate partition, to guard against some errant application filling it up.
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