On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:32:35PM -0600, Joel Rosenberg wrote: > > I see no reason to divide the drive otherwise. > > How about this one: > > I've decided on Linux, but I'm not sure which distro, or which version > I'm going to settle on. I know that I'm going to want to work on the > same files in my /home directory, and I'm perfectly willing to dedicate > a small part of the disk to an ext2 /boot partition -- but I haven't, > yet, decided whether my / partition should be on a ext2, ext3, RAID, or > rfs partition, much less whether I should trade off performance vs. > safety for striping the /var stuff, which I don't horribly mind losing. > Further, I do want to be able to create an on-disk backup of some > critical files, then unmount the backup partition -- part of the Safety > Through Paranoia program. I don't think the backup thing is wise -- put it on other media. And I *do* know what distro, etc. Anyway, with multiple disks, you can backup and reformat faster. Partitions: 0 Multiple disks: 2 :) -- "Trying to do something with your life is like sitting down to eat a moose." --Douglas Wood