On 11/19/2014 07:39 AM, Johannes Kastl wrote:
On 19.11.2014 James Knott wrote:
That's certainly the case with today's large disks, but it wasn't always that way. A few years ago, I used one drive for the OS and one for /home. The drive containing /home was on a removable tray, so it could be removed and fully protected when installing a new system.
And what good would using the whole disk (/dev/sdx) instead of the only partition on that disk (/dev/sdx1) do in this case?
With the smaller drives back then, it wasn't hard to run out of space. That even happens with large drives. For example, I have a 700 GB drive in my notebook, with 500 GB for Windows. With the several large files I need for work, I'm bumping up against that 500 GB. However, as someone else mentioned, it's easier to repartition a drive if your data is protected elsewhere. For some strange reason, some people like to ensure their data is safe. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org