Rajko M. wrote:
On Wednesday 19 September 2007 02:08, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
You don't really need those partitions if you don't know why you would need them ;-)
BAD advice.
So if I don't know why something is under the hood of my car, I should just take it off of my engine????
Aaron,
Think again, what Carlos said. Blindly applied disk layout schema can bring more trouble than benefit.
Overly simple disk layout because you don't understand the advice of wiser users can ALSO bring more trouble than benefit.
Take example of separate /tmp directory. If it is undersized it will be problem much bigger that fragmentation, and what is correct size is not trivial to answer. It depends on what you want to do with computer, so if you don't know exactly what programs you will run, how much temporary space they would demand, better don't create separate /tmp.
That translates in: "If you don't know purpose of engine parts, don't mess with it."
However, every one with a modicum of awareness about the issue realizes that the default installation (/ and /usr) is a prescription for unnecessarily high risk of filesystem corruption on the root filesystem -- and therefore jeopardizes the entire installation.
BTW, configuring kernel I need often help. They have one sentence all over: "If you don't know what <name_subject> you probably don't need it."
So disk partitioning is the same as kernal tuning now? Since when did disk partitioning become so arcane that it now takes a bachelor's degree in computer engineering to understand all of the issues at an appropriate level? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org