On 28 Apr 2003 08:46:09 -0700
Tom Nielsen
I just checked and my /home directory is about 2GB in size. I have about 1.5GB on my drive (I forgot my work system has 2 drives, one for Linux and one for W2k). If I were to take my second drive (W2K), format it for Linux with a /home partition and move my /home dirctory to it, will I have any problems with programs not running correctly?
How will this help when I install the next SuSE that comes along (8.3 in 3 more months?). There are many reasons for setting up multiple partitions. Since /home and /usr/local normally are independent of your Linux installation, it is sometimes better to make these separate. Then, when you install a new version of Linux, you don't need to bother with these 2 file systems. There are some issues, such as having older programs relying on deprecated libraries. But, most will continue to function.
If you religiously back up your system, then your partitioning could
make a big difference. I back up only /home. I maintain a source
directory in /home so that anything I download independently of SuSE is
there. But, for a home system, generally, a root, /home and /usr/local
directories should suffice. Making too many file system then becomes a
management headache, but LVM eases the problem.
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Jerry Feldman