On Thu, September 13, 2012 4:20 am, 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?
So that, if it is required, you can move your /home to a separate drive if needed over time. If you write of an installation of just the one partition, your data disappears as well. Having a separate /home gives you some protection and flexibility. This will be something our newbie would discover as a knowledge progression, but a pleasant and, on occasion, necessary discovery. You can always do a reinstall, preserving all data, with a separate /home. Regards, Weaver > > > -- > 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/1347535202.2093.5.camel@localhost.localdomain > > -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine -- 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/0ad208699d689603fedd9c7c79511207.squir...@fulvetta.riseup.net
