[TriLUG] partitioning advice

[Matt Matthews]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 08:50:13PM -0500, Peter Long wrote:
> What is the best way to partition your harddrive space so that it is
> easier to manage upgrades?

At the very least, I use two partitions on my main home desktop: / and /home

I've tried more elaborate partitioning schemes but haven't found them that
worthwhile. In particular, on a laptop I think that one mongo / partition
should work fine for most people.

But I'm interested to see what experience has taught others.

Regards,
matt

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