On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:16:31 +0100 Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
> On 13/09/12 12:54, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 12:33 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > >> 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. > > > > I also can restore root including /home and /usr/local from my > > backups. If you keep /usr/local and you install Debian by the > > installer, not from a backup, then the package management doesn't > > know about the packages that installed files to /usr/local. "Make > > love, not make install" and btw. the averaged user we are talking > > about, for sure has nothing in /usr/local. > > > >> 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. > > > > If everything is in one partition, it's very unlikely that some > > location gets filled up. It's more likely that this happens, if you > > use separated partitions. > > > > Hey, I was answering your question "But what does argue against having > root and home on the same partition?", which you neaatly snipped. I'm > not addressing newbies, only telling you what I would do, with my > justifications. I really can't be bothered with getting into an > argument. > > If you want to do something different, go ahead, but I fail to > understand why you ask a question if you're going to criticise the > reply, unless you're trying to play NIGYSOB [1] > > [1] http://www.ericberne.com/games/games_people_play_NIGYSOB.htm Wow, this isn't a competition. I only replied to communicate my opinion regarding to the context. Please calm down. Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120913144440.18a4c008@fedora
