On 2014-06-20 12:42 (GMT-0700) Tony Alfrey composed:
I let the 13.1 installer set up the partitions that it wants. It set up a 1 G swap, a 20G /root partition (with all of the potentially big files like /bin, /opt, and so on) and a 400G /home partition with just my own user directory.
This seems totally screwy. Why not a 1G swap, a 1G /boot partition with GRUB, the kernel image, the map, etc and the rest for /root?
What should it be?
Logically carving up your storage device(s) is as much art as science. It should be whatever works best for you. Many favor use of LVM in order that changes are easier after installation and use, among other reasons. I don't, use LVM, because it doesn't fit my backup/restore/clone strategies. I have never let an installer decide how my storage should be partitioned. I have virtually all my systems in multiboot configuration. I have a startup primary partition with Grub that I maintain without the help of any distro scripts. Each distro thus needs no separate /boot. Each uses the same swap. Each use the same separate /home partition except when trouble shooting issues related to having a separate /home in th first place. I also have separate partitions on most systems for /srv, /usr/local, /pub and /isos (a short name for both isos and other large files, such as videos and music). The / partitions on my installations are smallish by most people's standards. The smallest size I commonly use is 4.4G, but the most common here are 4.8G. My largest is 10.4G. I have several that are 5.6G, some 7.2G, a few 8G and 9.6G. All used here as / are multiples of 400MB, except for a few <4G created long ago for Knoppix installations from CD. I doubt for _most_ users with 4GB or more of RAM that having any swap partition at all makes much sense. I have several systems with a far smaller swap partition than installed RAM size. A lot of factors can play into decisions about how many partitions and appropriate sizes for them. More individual partitions can make backup/restore processes simpler, but for many, simple is best, meaning as few partitions as you can get away with. IOW, it depends. There is no best for everyone. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org