From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77BFD138330 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 08:54:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B9D021C1B5; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 08:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.3]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8DC621C17D for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 08:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [81.108.251.46] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost01b.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1bfNlF-0005qx-IG for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 08:54:13 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1278E537137 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:54:13 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:54:07 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive? Message-ID: <20160901095407.5d687e41@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <57C7D92A.20109@hanft.de> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/wmu2W9kWtudzQpb9GY5qEfl"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [81.108.251.46] Feedback-ID: 81.108.251.46 X-Archives-Salt: 7718e50f-1d5c-40ea-9d0d-c8e2c777098f X-Archives-Hash: 064d85043a9e9bfe360c3a443ed18aeb --Sig_/wmu2W9kWtudzQpb9GY5qEfl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:49:43 +0300, gevisz wrote: > > If your filesystem becomes corrupt (and you are unable to > > repair it), *all* of your data is lost (instead of just > > one partition). That's the only disadvantage I can think > > of. =20 >=20 > That is exactly what I am afraid of! >=20 > So, the 20-years old rule of thumb is still valid. :( >=20 > > I don't like partitions either (after some years, I > > always found that sizes don't match my requirements any > > more), =20 >=20 > And this is exactly the reason why I do not want to partition > my new hard drive! :) Have you considered LVM? You get the benefits of separate filesystems without the limitations of inflexible partitioning. --=20 Neil Bothwick For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. --Sig_/wmu2W9kWtudzQpb9GY5qEfl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlfH7K8ACgkQum4al0N1GQORXACgySMVJVWtq8Nj9pvHzzqoZMav UPkAoLIZSWB47JeMpPoKB7ENZ8dAIk6b =EbmD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/wmu2W9kWtudzQpb9GY5qEfl--