Hi list, I recently stared partitioning my 40Gig Linux system disk as one large '/' partition (with a bit of space on the side for swap partition). SuSE thus obviously creates all the home directories and other folders on the one drive. This is a very Windowsy approach but I find it makes everything simpler to manage. Can anyone advise why I should partition differently and or what the benefits are of splitting partitions across multiple drives. This machine I have mentioned is a personal workstation. I have a server to setup next week and I am busy looking for advice on how I should format it. Please offer any comment that comes to mind. I am trying to get the hang of Linux disk partitioning mentality. I want to consider this from a Linux perspective and not from a Windows perspective. --------------------------------------------- Jonathan Hughes Technical Support Specialist Goodyear South Africa --------------------------------------------- MCSE / MCP Registered Linux User # 362669 ============================================================================== Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying. -Anonymous ==============================================================================