Re: [Sheflug] Re: Partitioning

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Yer what?

When I started with Linux, it was 1Gb partition on a 3.2Gb drive. Since
then, it expanded to:

all the 3.2Gb Drive
an 8.4Gb drive,
split between a 15Gb and 8.4Gb drive

All this without a single reinstall! Also, I regularly change the
partitions on my 8.4Gb drive (it something of a victim drive). I can
change partitions, reformat, do stuff, resize existing partitions
(parted) and such without ever needing to log off, never mind restarting
the computer!

Same with video, sound, mobo, etc etc. The machine I have now is NOT the
machine I started with! Literally everything is different (even  keyboard
and floppy drive), but did I reinstall? nope!

Seems like some folk just don't try hard enough ;-)

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Ian Wright wrote:

> Hmmm, Ican see from this why networking is so important to linux/unix - once
> the machine's set up its virtually impossible to expand it and add on extra
> disk capacity without starting afresh and reformatting everything! Must be
> easier and less disruptive to simply add another machine onto the network.
> 
> It makes you wonder whether Gates is right that linux is no real threat to
> windoze - as Apps grow in size and complexity as windoze ones have, Joe
> Public will soon get left behind - unless he knows a good tame systems
> techie!
> 
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield  UK
> www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barrie Bremner" <TheEnglishman [at] ecosse.net>
> >
> >  How about having / on the 850Mb drive, and /usr on the 3.4 Gb, and
> > /home on the 1Gb drive?
> >  Or, partitioning the 3.4 drive into two and having /home and /usr on
> > that, having / on the 1 Gb and having the 850 spare (or stick /var or a
> > swap partition on it)
> 
> 
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