On Sat 01 Aug 2020 at 23:43:17 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > Leslie Rhorer wrote: > > On 7/29/2020 11:38 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > > As for partition sizing, I set up my machines with three partitions: > > > /, /home, and swap. > > > > I don't implement a separate partition for /home. Instead, I place it > > on > > my data array where it gets backed up nightly > > This may be a problem for the original poster, who has only > admitted to a laptop, nothing else.
I wondered whether LH's post was accidentally posted to this thread rather than in "Homebuilt NAS Advice" where it seems more relevant. I had a hard time understanding the jargon—the OP still seems to be learning about partitions, mountpoints, and what /home is for. > > RAID 1 array formatted as ext2. Since /boot almost never gets written, > > there is no need for journalling. That leaves a full 98G for / on a pair of > > I don't understand why you think journalling takes an excessive > amount of space, or why you would go out of your way to turn it > off. Ever. Turning off safety mechanisms is generally not > something anyone should advocate without a big flashing warning > sign. I've seen this advice in the past. I suppose there was a time when people might have needed to mount /boot with an old rescue CD that couldn't mount a filesystem having modern bells and whistles. Cheers, David.
