What is the consensus on the best partition scheme and size?/Keeping home separate

[Dotan Cohen]

On 30/10/06, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> Not having a separate /home partition has the advantage that on a single
> storage device, the allocation of storage is automatically optimal
> between any directories that need it.  Need to store big video files in
> /home all of a sudden?  All you have to worry about is if you have
> enough global disc space.  Dealing with changing partition and
> filesystem sizes because you guessed wrong what size you needed for what
> directory is in no way "much easier" than just saving the file.  But as
> you say, each to their own.
>
> -Andy

Actually, inside /home/user I have /home/user/videos which is it's own
partition, that I use to store large files such as videos. This does
take some planning on the part of the user, however.

Dotan Cohen

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