splitting off directories

Michael Klinosky mpk2 at enter.net
Wed Jun 20 15:28:59 UTC 2007


Aaron:
>> I already have /home split off, and I'd like to have the webbrowser 
>> cache split off too (makes backups quicker).
> splitting these off does not make backups faster.

When I backup /home, I figure that not having to copy up to 200 Meg of
small files would make it a bit quicker.

> But for a single user machine it is more trouble than its worth.
> In your case putting it all in one partition is better.

Exactly what I was thinking!

Steve:
> I don't use LVM - I did when it first came out but never saw it as an
> advantage to *me*.

hmmm ... I detect another thread.

> I prefer to do this as I am more comfortable with a "completely clean"
> installation.

I've decided to do that for my F7 install.




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