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| Started by | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| First post | 2025-09-24 00:02 -0400 |
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Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 00:02 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-24 05:06 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-24 05:43 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-27 15:21 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-27 14:17 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-27 22:31 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 00:26 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 01:21 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-28 10:21 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 19:27 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-04 09:37 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-04 12:04 -0700
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 14:12 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-04 09:43 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-04 15:22 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-04 17:38 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-04 20:34 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-04 20:53 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-10-04 22:56 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-05 09:51 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-06 02:17 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-10-07 09:56 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 01:55 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-10-08 12:58 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:36 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 09:02 -0700
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 17:35 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:29 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:58 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 13:45 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 14:02 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 21:17 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-11 00:55 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:35 -0400
Partitioning (was Re: Floppies - Actual Question "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-08 14:54 -0400
Re: Partitioning (was Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-08 21:15 +0000
Re: Partitioning (was Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 12:35 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-08 21:13 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 14:29 -0700
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 12:37 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-09 15:07 +0000
inodes, customizing partitions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:45 +0200
Re: inodes, customizing partitions c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 00:57 -0400
Re: inodes, customizing partitions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-11 15:28 +0200
Re: inodes, customizing partitions Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-11 23:46 +0100
Re: inodes, customizing partitions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-12 02:42 +0200
Re: inodes, customizing partitions c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-13 03:13 -0400
Re: inodes, customizing partitions "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-13 10:53 +0200
Re: inodes, customizing partitions c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:49 -0400
Re: inodes, customizing partitions c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 21:51 -0400
Re: inodes, customizing partitions c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-13 03:10 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 09:00 -0700
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:24 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:52 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 01:45 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-11 17:48 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:11 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:56 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:50 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-05 20:25 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-04 20:35 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 09:55 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 11:08 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-09-28 12:19 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:07 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:36 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 23:35 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-29 00:28 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-28 21:08 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-29 05:31 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-29 16:32 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 18:36 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:30 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-29 10:12 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:33 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-09-29 19:50 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:31 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 14:15 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-29 08:18 -0700
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-29 19:27 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-09-28 00:31 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 11:19 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 15:22 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-28 18:07 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-28 19:18 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 23:55 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-28 09:53 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-10-02 18:28 +1000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2025-10-02 21:44 +0300
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-03 00:10 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 00:35 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 00:32 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-03 00:21 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-10-04 12:55 +1000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-09-24 06:49 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-24 11:45 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-24 16:53 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 14:35 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 15:05 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 21:32 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-24 20:38 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 00:04 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-09-25 00:44 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 20:58 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 13:07 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 12:48 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-25 15:52 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-25 22:09 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 09:44 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 13:04 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 12:48 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-25 22:15 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-25 21:06 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-25 22:10 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-25 21:09 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-06 22:08 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-06 23:30 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-07 15:16 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-08 02:34 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 01:05 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-08 10:58 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 11:06 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-08 14:14 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:44 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-09 21:10 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:36 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:54 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 01:57 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 13:49 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:29 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-11 14:32 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-10-09 12:50 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-09 21:11 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:37 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-10-10 11:19 +0200
Phone wallet "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 13:51 +0200
Re: Phone wallet c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:30 -0400
Re: Phone wallet "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-11 14:32 +0200
Re: Phone wallet c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 21:35 -0400
Re: Phone wallet "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-12 14:48 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:17 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-10 06:51 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-10 03:29 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:55 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:10 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 13:18 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-10-09 03:09 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:58 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 12:45 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-10-10 02:53 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 23:44 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:45 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:38 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-09 15:16 +0000
Faraday cages (was: Re: Floppies - Actual Question) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 17:02 +0100
Re: Faraday cages Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-09 18:48 +0000
Re: Faraday cages The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:49 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:47 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 01:05 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 01:52 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 01:38 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 20:45 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-25 05:27 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-25 15:42 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-26 04:59 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-26 01:36 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-27 09:12 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-27 13:58 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-27 03:11 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-29 14:22 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-29 23:03 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-30 09:32 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-09-26 15:19 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 20:23 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-25 09:45 +0100
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-09-24 08:41 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-24 12:04 +0200
Re: Floppies - Actual Question c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-24 14:34 -0400
Re: Floppies - Actual Question John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> - 2025-09-24 17:11 +0000
Re: Floppies - Actual Question Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2025-09-28 01:00 -0700
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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-10-04 20:35 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <7068rlxplq.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> |
| In reply to | #75690 |
On 2025-10-04 11:43, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 29-09-2025, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> a écrit : >> On 2025-09-28 12:21, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >>> Le 28-09-2025, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit : >>>> On 27 Sep 2025 22:31:34 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >>>> >>>>> Le 27-09-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, partitions can be used for "organization" purposes, which can >>>>>> be useful. >>>>> >>>>> Give me a real example in the real world. On a personal computer, I >>>>> don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, >>>>> one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. >>>>> And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better >>>>> than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for >>>>> example. >>>> >>>> Having a separate /home partition makes things more convenient, in that >>>> you can replace the OS installation without impacting your home files. >>> >>> Yes, I know the theory. Now that's not that magical nor that good. If >>> the OS replacement haven't the same applications or the same versions >>> deployed things will have to be handled manually. I'm not saying it >>> shouldn't be done, I'm saying I'm not convinced it's the best way. >> >> It is magical when doing upgrades of the same distribution. If it >> doesn't, said distro is garbage. > > When doing upgrades of the same distro, I see no difference between > having /home in a designed partition or not. That's not the point. The point is having the os in its own partition. You either replace the OS entirely, or install another in yet another partition. > >>> >>>> Indeed, I would recommend having two OS partitions, one left unused to >>>> begin with. That lets you install a second OS later, just to try out, >>>> without having to wipe your existing one. And they can both share the >>>> same /home partition. And the same swap partition, while they’re at it. >>> >>> OK, with two OS installed at the same time, the /home partition is >>> mandatory. But not everybody want two OS to try things. Some may prefer >>> the VM way. >> >> Not two oses to try things. To do updates. You put the new version on >> the second partition, then change which boots by default. > > For a rolling distro it would be a waste of time. For a versioning > distro, why not. For what I saw, I'm not that convinced because it means > you must have unusable disk partition just to be able to upgrade. Ok, by > now, you can resize your partitions so it can be managed but I'm not > that convinced. Rolling distro is not a consideration in this thread :-p No, we just partition the disk accordingly on day one. > >> Some people have an extra partition for data, and put links to it from >> different homes, so that the configurations are separate for each system. > > Yes, that I understand. > -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 09:55 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10bat5d$28a20$4@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75334 |
On 27/09/2025 23:31, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > On a personal computer, I > don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, > one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. > And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better > than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for > example. If I want organization, I'm using folders: they are way more > flexible than partitions. If your data is all on a mounted network drive it's hard for it to be anything other than a seperate partition... -- For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H.L.Mencken
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| From | Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 11:08 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <wwvzfaeubwq.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> |
| In reply to | #75334 |
Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes: > Le 27-09-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit : >> Well, partitions can be used for "organization" >> purposes, which can be useful. > > Give me a real example in the real world. On a personal computer, I > don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, > one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. > And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better > than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for > example. If I want organization, I'm using folders: they are way more > flexible than partitions. Agreed, for organizational purposes, partitioning is thoroughly inferior to a directory/folder. There are some niche use cases: * As a means to have different filesystem-level policies. An extreme example is a tmpfs, which doesn’t survive a reboot, but filesystems can also differ in encryption choices, quota enforcement, atime policy, robustness policies, etc. * For integration with other parts of the system. Boot chains often need a partition of a specific type (and perhaps with restrictions on disk location) which isn’t suitable for general use. * As a means to isolate a badly behaved application or user which consumes storage without bound. It can be allowed to fill its partition without impacting anything else. * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly change OS. > But here we are speaking about floppies, so we are speaking about a way > to exchange data between computers. So, what example can you give me > which explain the usefulness of partitioning a floppy? I’ve never heard of anyone partitioning a floppy. They’re already tiny, it seems like a waste of space. -- https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
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| From | Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 12:19 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <68d927d9$0$28076$426a74cc@news.free.fr> |
| In reply to | #75341 |
Le 28-09-2025, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> a écrit : > Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes: >> Le 27-09-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit : >>> Well, partitions can be used for "organization" >>> purposes, which can be useful. >> >> Give me a real example in the real world. On a personal computer, I >> don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, >> one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. >> And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better >> than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for >> example. If I want organization, I'm using folders: they are way more >> flexible than partitions. > > Agreed, for organizational purposes, partitioning is thoroughly inferior > to a directory/folder. > > There are some niche use cases: > > * As a means to have different filesystem-level policies. An extreme > example is a tmpfs, which doesn’t survive a reboot, but filesystems > can also differ in encryption choices, quota enforcement, atime > policy, robustness policies, etc. OK, that's something I didn't figured, but is more related with server needs than with personal computers need. > * For integration with other parts of the system. Boot chains often need > a partition of a specific type (and perhaps with restrictions on disk > location) which isn’t suitable for general use. That, I said it. > * As a means to isolate a badly behaved application or user which > consumes storage without bound. It can be allowed to fill its > partition without impacting anything else. OK, there are other ways, but it's a valid one which I didn't consider. > * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to > be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from > backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS > but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly > change OS. That's either the /home partition or I don't understand your example. >> But here we are speaking about floppies, so we are speaking about a way >> to exchange data between computers. So, what example can you give me >> which explain the usefulness of partitioning a floppy? > > I’ve never heard of anyone partitioning a floppy. They’re already tiny, > it seems like a waste of space. My request for a real life example was about that. I'm not convinced by every ways they are used on hard drives. By this I mean there are other ways to accomplish the same thing, not that the reasons weren't valid. But, for the usefulness to partition a floppy, I still see no reason. By real life, I mean not for a technical demonstration. -- Si vous avez du temps à perdre : https://scarpet42.gitlab.io
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| From | Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 15:07 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <wwvy0pyu0vf.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> |
| In reply to | #75348 |
Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes: > Le 28-09-2025, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> a écrit : >> * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to >> be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from >> backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS >> but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly >> change OS. > > That's either the /home partition or I don't understand your example. User data can live outside /home, but I think you’ve understood what I was getting at. -- https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 15:36 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10bbh5r$2d348$5@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75355 |
On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes:
>> Le 28-09-2025, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> a écrit :
>>> * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to
>>> be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from
>>> backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS
>>> but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly
>>> change OS.
>>
>> That's either the /home partition or I don't understand your example.
>
> User data can live outside /home, but I think you’ve understood what I
> was getting at.
>
Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL
database or log files would live.
People get tunnel vision focussing on Linux as either a non-user server,
or a single user desktop.
Forgetting its UNIX roots as a muti-user minicomputer operating system.
--
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow witted
man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly
persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid
before him."
- Leo Tolstoy
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 23:35 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10bcgnk$2m18u$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75360 |
On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> >> User data can live outside /home ... >> > Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL > database or log files would live. None of that is user-specific, though. The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is mail in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter.
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 00:28 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <2pkCQ.7750$es%1.6123@fx39.iad> |
| In reply to | #75375 |
On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> >>> User data can live outside /home ... >>> >> Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL >> database or log files would live. > > None of that is user-specific, though. > > The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is mail > in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and > periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. > > Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. For some reason (I don't recall doing it consciously), my .bashrc contains the line export SLRNPULL_ROOT=/var/spool/slrnpull Go figure. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Growth for the sake of \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | growth is the ideology X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | of the cancer cell. / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Edward Abbey
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| From | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 21:08 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <rx6cnWJGEL6XQUT1nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #75376 |
On 9/28/25 20:28, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >>> >>>> User data can live outside /home ... >>>> >>> Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL >>> database or log files would live. >> >> None of that is user-specific, though. >> >> The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is mail >> in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and >> periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. >> >> Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. > > For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are > stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. For some reason (I don't recall > doing it consciously), my .bashrc contains the line > > export SLRNPULL_ROOT=/var/spool/slrnpull > > Go figure. > But ... you can CHANGE that easily enough. Not unheard of to remount /var and some other dirs elsewhere - like to a different partition - either. Note some of the BSDs ... they set up a bunch of partitions. The previously mentioned goal of isolating data from the "os install" basics is a valid concern. Not for 'home' systems but for servers. Used to do RH and SUSE that way. You could totally re-do the OS partition but not damage the data files.
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 05:31 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10bd5iv$2q77r$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75376 |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:28:46 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is >> mail in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and >> periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. >> >> Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. > > For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are > stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. What about messages you send? Seems unlikely an ordinary user would get write access to such an area.
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 16:32 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mwyCQ.69212$kmr4.31733@fx09.iad> |
| In reply to | #75384 |
On 2025-09-29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:28:46 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >> >>> The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is >>> mail in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and >>> periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. >>> >>> Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. >> >> For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are >> stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. > > What about messages you send? /var/spool/slrnpull/out.going/ > Seems unlikely an ordinary user would get write access to such an area. I'm no ordinary user. :-) But the permissions on /var/spool/slrnpull and its contents are all set to me. I suppose I really ought to move the whole thing into /home, but I'm out of round tuits right now. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Growth for the sake of \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | growth is the ideology X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | of the cancer cell. / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Edward Abbey
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 18:36 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10beg2m$35i1j$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75407 |
On 29/09/2025 17:32, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> Seems unlikely an ordinary user would get write access to such an area. > Ordinary users don't get access. Daemons running as root/mail/ or whatever write the data on your behalf > I'm no ordinary user. :-) But the permissions on /var/spool/slrnpull > and its contents are all set to me. I suppose I really ought to move > the whole thing into /home, but I'm out of round tuits right now. > -- Truth welcomes investigation because truth knows investigation will lead to converts. It is deception that uses all the other techniques.
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 19:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10bemo1$37ddd$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75407 |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:32:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:28:46 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are >>> stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. >> >> What about messages you send? > > /var/spool/slrnpull/out.going/ > >> Seems unlikely an ordinary user would get write access to such an >> area. > > I'm no ordinary user. :-) But the permissions on /var/spool/slrnpull > and its contents are all set to me. I suppose I really ought to move > the whole thing into /home, but I'm out of round tuits right now. The trouble with commingling user user data with system files in this way is it complicates things like backup/restore of that user data, migrating it to a new installation etc.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 10:12 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10bdii3$2t723$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75376 |
On 29/09/2025 01:28, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >>> >>>> User data can live outside /home ... >>>> >>> Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL >>> database or log files would live. >> >> None of that is user-specific, though. >> Wot I said >> The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is mail >> in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and >> periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. >> >> Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. > > For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are > stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. For some reason (I don't recall > doing it consciously), my .bashrc contains the line > > export SLRNPULL_ROOT=/var/spool/slrnpull > > Go figure. > -- "If you don’t read the news paper, you are un-informed. If you read the news paper, you are mis-informed." Mark Twain
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 19:33 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10bemud$37ddd$4@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75386 |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:12:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> >>> Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a >>> MySQL database or log files would live. >> >> None of that is user-specific, though. >> > Wot I said You used the phrase “*shared* user data”, and then referred to data “like a MySQL database or log files”, none of which is actually “user data”.
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| From | candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 19:50 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrn10dlocf.24ng6.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> |
| In reply to | #75376 |
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote at 00:28 this Monday (GMT): > On 2025-09-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:36:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 28/09/2025 15:07, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >>> >>>> User data can live outside /home ... >>>> >>> Indeed and /var is traditionally where *shared* user data like a MySQL >>> database or log files would live. >> >> None of that is user-specific, though. >> >> The only per-user data I can think of that used to be kept in /var is mail >> in /var/mail (or /var/spool/mail, if you’re really going back) and >> periodic timer tasks in /var/spool/cron. >> >> Maildir gets rid of the former, systemd gets rid of the latter. > > For what it's worth, my Usenet groups (including this message) are > stored in /var/spool/slrnpull. For some reason (I don't recall > doing it consciously), my .bashrc contains the line > > export SLRNPULL_ROOT=/var/spool/slrnpull > > Go figure. I personally save all my group messages in ~/News/slrnpull/news. I think I originally saved it in ~/.cache/slrnpull, but I was worried about accidentily deleting it when clearing the cache folder for more space. -- user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-28 15:31 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <10bbgrl$2d348$4@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75348 |
On 28/09/2025 13:19, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > My request for a real life example was about that. I'm not convinced by > every ways they are used on hard drives. By this I mean there are other > ways to accomplish the same thing, not that the reasons weren't valid. Back in the day separating a multi user operating system from the effects of a user or rogue application determined to fill the hard disk, was something you needed to do. Having separate /var and /home enforced a physical limit more simply than other methods. At the end of the day a sysadmin could still log in as root and delete unwanted crap without bringing the whole system down. And we did... A modern single user desktop installation with at the worst a live CD to boot from doesn't need to be so particular -- Climate is what you expect but weather is what you get. Mark Twain
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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 14:15 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <cs9qqlxbmq.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> |
| In reply to | #75341 |
On 2025-09-28 12:08, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes: >> Le 27-09-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit : >>> Well, partitions can be used for "organization" >>> purposes, which can be useful. >> >> Give me a real example in the real world. On a personal computer, I >> don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, >> one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. >> And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better >> than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for >> example. If I want organization, I'm using folders: they are way more >> flexible than partitions. > > Agreed, for organizational purposes, partitioning is thoroughly inferior > to a directory/folder. > > There are some niche use cases: > > * As a means to have different filesystem-level policies. An extreme > example is a tmpfs, which doesn’t survive a reboot, but filesystems > can also differ in encryption choices, quota enforcement, atime > policy, robustness policies, etc. > > * For integration with other parts of the system. Boot chains often need > a partition of a specific type (and perhaps with restrictions on disk > location) which isn’t suitable for general use. > > * As a means to isolate a badly behaved application or user which > consumes storage without bound. It can be allowed to fill its > partition without impacting anything else. > > * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to > be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from > backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS > but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly > change OS. Some database software writes data to a non formatted partition. Hum, not only databases. > >> But here we are speaking about floppies, so we are speaking about a way >> to exchange data between computers. So, what example can you give me >> which explain the usefulness of partitioning a floppy? > > I’ve never heard of anyone partitioning a floppy. They’re already tiny, > it seems like a waste of space. Agreed. The table is almost as big as the floppy. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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| From | Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 08:18 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <10be7vg$336pa$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75391 |
On 9/29/25 05:15, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-09-28 12:08, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes: >>> Le 27-09-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit : >>>> Well, partitions can be used for "organization" >>>> purposes, which can be useful. >>> >>> Give me a real example in the real world. On a personal computer, I >>> don't see any reason to have more than three partition: one for Linux, >>> one for the swap and one for the UEFI which requires a FAT partition. >>> And for the swap partition, I'm even not that convinced that it's better >>> than a swap file. I'm certainly not convinced by the /home partition for >>> example. If I want organization, I'm using folders: they are way more >>> flexible than partitions. >> >> Agreed, for organizational purposes, partitioning is thoroughly inferior >> to a directory/folder. >> >> There are some niche use cases: >> >> * As a means to have different filesystem-level policies. An extreme >> example is a tmpfs, which doesn’t survive a reboot, but filesystems >> can also differ in encryption choices, quota enforcement, atime >> policy, robustness policies, etc. >> >> * For integration with other parts of the system. Boot chains often need >> a partition of a specific type (and perhaps with restrictions on disk >> location) which isn’t suitable for general use. >> >> * As a means to isolate a badly behaved application or user which >> consumes storage without bound. It can be allowed to fill its >> partition without impacting anything else. >> >> * As a means to isolate user data from an OS install, allowing the OS to >> be replaced without forcing a restore of the user data from >> backup. Most people have better things to do than reinstall their OS >> but there seems to be a subset of hobbyists who like to regularly >> change OS. > > Some database software writes data to a non formatted partition. Hum, > not only databases. > >> >>> But here we are speaking about floppies, so we are speaking about a way >>> to exchange data between computers. So, what example can you give me >>> which explain the usefulness of partitioning a floppy? >> >> I’ve never heard of anyone partitioning a floppy. They’re already tiny, >> it seems like a waste of space. > > Agreed. The table is almost as big as the floppy. > My backup tool appreciates a partition on the disk. i prefer a partition to keep my data including iso files and my music, manga and anime collection apart from my /(root) equates to C for Windows people and the "/home" where I keep my own work sorry as it is as well as email and Usenet newsgroup posts. I did do backups to a external drive but then my tool could not find it to recover my system files which are frequently updated. bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.09- Linux 6.12.49-pclos1- KDE Plasma 6.4.5
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2025-09-29 19:27 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <10bemjh$37ddd$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #75404 |
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:18:06 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > My backup tool appreciates a partition on the disk. You’re not saying that your backups are stored on the same disk as the original data, are you??
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